“WHAT THE NRA DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW”
Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun violence swirling around in Americans’ [...]
Read More“MISSING: LEADERSHIP AND CORE VALUES”
"It will not be sufficient for Morehouse College, for any college, for that matter, to produce clever graduates, men fluent in speech and able to [...]
Read More“AN ALL-AMERICAN CRISIS”
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” --Dr. Martin [...]
Read More“MRS. ROSA PARKS – BEFORE AND AFTER THE BUS”
“Our minds fasten on that single moment on the bus — Mrs. Parks alone in that seat, clutching her purse, staring out a window, waiting [...]
Read More“What Killed President Kennedy and Trayvon Martin?”
February 26 will mark one year since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed by a gun wielded by self-appointed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman after he [...]
Read More“AMERICA’S BROKEN HEARTS”
As President Obama closed his State of the Union speech on February 12, after all of his other policy proposals for the nation’s future, he [...]
Read More“OUR TURN TO SAY NO MORE-RIGHT NOW”
This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for Democrats and Republicans. Speaking is difficult but I need to say something important. [...]
Read More“WE CANNOT STOP UNTIL CHILDREN STOP DYING FROM GUN VIOLENCE”
On Saturday, January 26, I and many others will gather on the National Mall for the March on Washington for Gun Control. We are calling on [...]
Read More“HOW WE CAN TRULY HONOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.”
In his last Sunday sermon at Washington National Cathedral, Dr. King retold the parable of the rich man Dives who ignored the poor and sick [...]
Read More“THE MASSIVE HUMAN AND MORAL COST OF GUN VIOLENCE”
The heartrending massacre of 20 six and seven year old children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut has galvanized public attention once again after a [...]
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