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Ryan Wegener: How a Confederate monument shows what’s possible

by Beacon Media | Apr 22, 2025 | Black Community, Local Organizing, Local Politics, North Carolina Community, Uncategorized

An organizer considers his and his town’s past as he confronts a time of political division.  By Ryan Wegener Beacon Media  Source: UNC Chapel Hill – Documenting the American South Most Confederate monuments face North to represent defending against...

Martin Henson: Student loan confusion, delays are stalling dreams

by Martin Henson | Apr 22, 2025 | Affordability, Black Community, Education, Martin Henson, U.S. Politics, Uncategorized

The writer calls on family and communities to rally around those affected by budget cuts and disarray in the federal government that is affecting student loans.  By Martin Henson Beacon Media Creative Commons license. Credit: Wikimedia Commons user...
Rev. C.J. Brinson: A time for Democrats to break the silence

Rev. C.J. Brinson: A time for Democrats to break the silence

by C.J. Brinson | Apr 9, 2025 | Black Community, History, North Carolina State Politics, Politics, Rev. C.J. Brinson

Pastor C.J. Brinson says the example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., anti-Vietnam speech should encourage Democrats like N.C. Gov. Josh Stein to have more courage.  By C.J. Brinson  Beacon Media Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1964. Source: Wikimedia Commons In a...

Rev. C.J. Brinson: Remembering activist Fannie Lou Hamer can show us the way forward 

by C.J. Brinson | Mar 18, 2025 | Black Community, Faith, History, Local Organizing, Politics, Rev. C.J. Brinson

Greensboro pastor C.J. Brinson says that attacks on marginalized communities should not make anyone despair or tune out.  By C.J. Brinson Beacon Media Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights leader, in 1964. Credit: Ken Thompson Collection, Global Ministries, The...

The Rev. C.J. Brinson: The Christian right does not know Jesus

by C.J. Brinson | Jan 27, 2025 | Black Community, Faith, Latino Community, LGBTQ+, Migration, Politics, Rev. C.J. Brinson, U.S. Politics, Women's rights

Pastor C.J. Brinson takes on how President Donald Trump and his supporters have used religion in the president’s first days in office.

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