Forgiveness And Justice: How Charleston Churches Balance Both
byDylann Roof is the 62nd person on the federal death row as of February 2017. He is also the 39th person in South Carolina…
Reporter’s Stories
Al Sharpton: People Want Real Gospel and Social Action
byAlfred Charles Sharpton, Jr., “The Rev. Al Sharpton,” looked relaxed in the black-leather, cube-shaped sectional seat, his legs crossed. He’d walked off the stage…
Get Enough To Eat? Many People Went Hungry During The Holidays
byHunger Is a Year-Round Concern and Stopping Food Waste Could Change That Scrumptious, home-cooked meals are synonymous with the holidays. Millions of family members…
Election Blues and Dos
byFaithfully ministering for God in a atmosphere where even many Christians wanted a political savior. Andrew Camp had a rough start the day after…
NASA’s Hidden Figures Helped Us Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before
byThe little-known contribution of mathematicians who happened to be African American women is the subject of a new movie illustrating just how far we’ve…
Do You Smell Gas?
byAfter a natural gas pipeline leak in 2008, residents in predominantly black Eight Mile, Alabama, sense strong residual orders, worry about the water, and…
Baltimore On The Wire
byBefore the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) damning report about the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), before the debacle of three successive acquittals of the officers…
Truth Behind Confederate Symbolism
byIn commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the murder of nine worshippers at Emmanuel A.M.E. church in Charleston, S.C., hundreds marched from nearby Marion…
Free State Of Jones: Movement Behind The Movie
byStory of a radical, racial coming together opens as Americans pessimistic regarding race. If box office sales are the measure of a movie’s success, “Free…
Hard Questions For Black And Blue Lives
byThis Isn’t Going Away It will be years before people forget, if ever, the live stream of Diamond Reynolds calmly reciting her account of…