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Billy Ball: How Jesse Jackson was vilified — and ultimately redeemed

Billy Ball: How Jesse Jackson was vilified — and ultimately redeemed

by Beacon Media | Feb 25, 2026 | Black Community, Elections, History, Politics, U.S. Politics, Uncategorized

The white South made a villain of a native son, but the region never had a better champion for it on the big stage than the Rev. Jesse Jackson. By Billy Ball The Living South Photo by Fine Photographics on Unsplash In 1984, the Rev. Jesse Jackson lost his campaign for...

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...

Raven MacFarlane-Bradbrook: We need Medicaid more than billionaires need tax cuts

by Beacon Media | Mar 11, 2025 | Healthcare, Politics, U.S. Politics

Republicans in Congress want to gut Medicaid, denying life-saving health care for regular families to cut taxes for billionaires.

President Jimmy Carter’s Christian legacy

President Jimmy Carter’s Christian legacy

by Stevie Brooks | Jan 13, 2025 | Agriculture, Business, Elections, Faith, Hurricane Helene, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, Stevie Brooks, U.S. Politics

Writer and organizer Stevie Brooks says remembering President Carter’s legacy should prompt some religious reflection in North Carolina.

Oh, (Sigh) Christmas Tree

Oh, (Sigh) Christmas Tree

by Stevie Brooks | Dec 23, 2024 | Agriculture, Appalachia, Business, Elections, Hurricane Helene, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, Stevie Brooks, U.S. Politics, Western North Carolina

Christmas tree farm politics is a real thing in Western North Carolina this holiday season. It shouldn’t be.

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