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Opinion: Will Tax Bill Open Church Doors Wider Still for Politics?

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A place of worship has never been completely clear of politics in America. But that physical and spiritual space for contemplation and reflection may grow smaller still, and moments without intrusion from the bitterness and division in the world could grow shorter. Tucked into the House version of the tax plan that Republicans dearly crave as “a win” is a provision that would […]

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Opinion: Remembering Recy Taylor and the Too Familiar State of Alabama

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In “The Rape of Recy Taylor,” a recently released documentary, you see the face of bravery. It is Recy Taylor, the 24-year-old African-American — a wife and mother of an infant daughter — kidnapped in 1944 by a carful of young white men, some the sons of the “respectable” leaders of Abbeville, Alabama, where they all

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Opinion: Will 2018 Midterms Follow Scorched-Earth Playbook?

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It was a nice little mayor’s race in the largest city in North Carolina, considering that Charlotte has gone through a lot of mayors (seven) in the past nine years. And that’s even taking into account Democratic incumbent Jennifer Roberts losing, in the primary, her chance to defend her spot because of her part in

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Opinion: Did Everyone in the White House Take a Nap During History Class?

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In forward-looking America, history is sometimes regarded as a roadblock to progress, a nuisance. And that, as has been repeatedly proven, is a mistake. Why look back when the future is so important? Well, because failure to do exactly that has consequences. The latest to get caught up in “he must have dozed through class

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Opinion: The Language of Diplomacy, Democracy — and Division

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“He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured,” then long-shot candidate Donald Trump saidin 2015 of Sen. John McCain’s service and time as a prisoner after his plane was shot down by North Vietnamese troops in 1967. It was a quote that many thought would end Trump’s White House dreams.

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