Associated PressFebruary 2, 2021
4min653
The title refers to when Obama sang “Amazing Grace” during a eulogy at Emanuel AME Church after a deadly shooting there.
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Associated PressFebruary 2, 2021
Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2015
3min173
Speaking at the Florida Democratic Convention in Lake Buena Vista Saturday morning, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz grew emotional in talking about something must be done to try to stem gun violence. Referring to have attending the funeral service for the Reverend Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this year, as well as a […]
Shannon NickinsonJune 29, 20159min273
My America is not the same as yours. It’s not the same America that gay and lesbian sons and daughters of the Midwest experienced. It’s not the same America that black sons and daughters of the Deep South know. But make no mistake, brothers and sisters. It is all our America. We’ve had a chance […]
Guest AuthorJune 26, 20156min329
Is anyone else in a state of amazement over the turn of public discourse after the horrific murders in the halls of innocence in Charleston? How quickly did we move from the unsettling image of such unexpected violence in a church to long rambling posts and talking-head rants about a symbol of the human commerce […]
Julie DelegalJune 26, 201510min192
Let there be no doubt: The individual responsible for murdering a church pastor and eight parishioners in Charleston, S.C., is a white supremacist. Stating that fact does not politicize the horror, nor does it diminish our sense of mourning for the people who were lost. To the contrary, getting justice for the victims demands that […]