Editorial #8: Thanksgiving is More Than One Day

Thanksgiving is so much more than a single day. In its purest state, it’s gratitude for being able to get out of bed without help, think and speak in a complete, rational sentence, breathe without the assistance of artificial devices, and comprehend the depth and breadth of God’s love in our individual and collective lives.  Why on earth would any of that be reserved for only once a year?

Editorial #6 – 50th Anniversary: Make the Check Good!

The following post is from one of our other sites, It’s Not Political, It’s Just Life. RETROSPECTIVE: WHERE WERE YOU? This week marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28th, 1963. Like all Black […]

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Editorial #4: Guarding Our Collective Consciousness

Am I a conspiracy theorist? I don’t know; I’ll say what the formerly blind man said to his interrogators — I once was blind, but now I see. Call it what you want.

Editorial #3: Black History is American History

In this city, parks are named for various people we’ve never heard of, and most don’t care who they were or why the recognition. But who was Vivian G. Harsh?