Hear & Watch Black pastors Speak on Idolizing Charlie Kirk: Excerpts from clips compiled by Roland S. Martin on YouTube Martin: Black pastors from across the country certainly were not holding back from the pulpit on Sunday. Here’s a few of what some of them had to say. We’re going to start with Pastor Jamal … Continue reading Adding Other Voices to the Memorial in Phoenix on Sunday
The headline in The New Republic (TNR) on August 2 was dire: “Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows,” it blared. Well, maybe. TNR said it had been leaked a confidential memo from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The memo listed talking points for top DHS staff to parrot … Continue reading Is the Next ICE City Invasion About to Break Out?
In early February, 1965, I was jailed for 10 days in Selma, Alabama after being arrested in a peaceful march in support of voting rights for black citizens. Along with several dozen others, I slept on a concrete floor in a near-freezing prison camp, and subsisted on two daily servings of blackeye peas or beans … Continue reading When Good Trouble Got Serious: John Lewis- at the Pettus Bridge, 1965 — And TODAY
Ms. Hazel’s Last July 4th — 2023: Her Flags & The Prayer Line I lived next door to Ms. Hazeline Umstead for twelve years. She was remarkable in many ways: she had grown up in this neighborhood; had returned to it after several years in New York City. She was meticulous about her lawn … Continue reading A Special July 4 Memorial: My Neighbor Hazeline Umstead
BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE Updated 05:42 PM EDT, June 19, 2025 AP Newsroom ASSOCIATED PRESS: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He … Continue reading NEWS: White House Ignores Juneteenth. It Happens Anyway.