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Blocking Fearless Fund for Black Women Sets a Dangerous Precedent
Level Man via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBingham of Ohio, the primary author of the first section of the 14th Amendment, said, "If we are...
‘Wide Awake’ Review: On the March for Lincoln
The Wall Street Journal· 1 hour agoAfter the war, black men who had formerly been Wide Awakes advocated for the expanded rights made possible under the 14th and 15th amendments. For these ...
Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 5 days agoOn a recent Sunday, its pastor for women and children, Kim Eskridge, urged members to invite friends...
Byron Donalds Professes Black People Were Better Off During The Jim Crow Era When ‘The Black Family...
Black Enterprise· 4 days agoRepublican Rep. Byron Donalds, a name on the shortlist of VP candidates for Donald Trump, received...
Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program challenged by lawsuit from a conservative activist...
CNN.com· 6 days agoConstitution.” A push for reparations gained momentum following the national uprising in the...
Know the history behind Juneteenth before the federal holiday kicks off
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoThe 13th Amendment was passed by Congress on Jan. 31, 1865, eradicating slavery across the United States. But still, Black people who were enslaved in the westernmost Confederate ...
From women pastors to sexual abuse to Trump, Southern Baptists have a busy few days ahead of them -...
WTOP Washington· 2 days agoThe meeting comes at a fraught time in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Messengers — as...
Why Juneteenth, the U.S.'s Second Independence Day, Is a Federal Holiday
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days ago“Although there were enslavers who were aware of the implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation, it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, that it was actually enforced [by] the Union Army,” wrote ...
SLO newspaper pushed for booze, saloon ban ahead of Prohibition. ‘They’ll all be there’
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAs Daniel Okrent wrote in his book “Last Call”, often immigrants, Jewish people, Catholic Irish and...
Some Conservatives Are Accepting Defeat On Marriage Equality. Here’s Why.
Politico via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn Sacramento, Democratic legislators responded by rushing a measure onto the November 2022 ballot...