Category: Columnists
Two Political Presidential Outcomes for 2024
Two Political Presidential Outcomes for 2024 By: Quardricos Driskell, Columnist Less than a year before Election Day, both parties believe they can win the White House and control both chambers… Read More »
Solidarity to Palestine
Solidarity to Palestine By Rev. Kendal McBroom I write on this issue as a former pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal tradition, the director of civil and human rights… Read More »
Everything to Gain
Everything to Gain Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake… Read More »
“A Journey of Rediscovery and Transformation: The Historic Vernon AME Church”
“A Journey of Rediscovery and Transformation: The Historic Vernon AME Church” By Kristi Orisabiyi Williams Historic Vernon African Methodist Church, nestled in the heart of Tulsa, Oklahoma, within the vibrant… Read More »
Refuse to Die
Refuse to Die Rev. Jazmine Brooks, TCR News Editor From the moment I read about the attempted murder of Ralph Yarl and the several “neighbors” who refused his aid,… Read More »
Misuse of Religion
Misuse of Religion Rev. Dr. Darryn J. Hewson Religion can be beautiful, and hopeful, and amazing. It can teach us so many things about how to be together, love ourselves,… Read More »
Shorter College Opens New Dormitory on Campus
Shorter College Opens New Dormitory on Campus On October 21, 2023, Shorter College in North Little, Arkansas officially dedicated the “Bishop Michael L. Mitchell Hall”. Conceived in 2021, this residential… Read More »
Bending The Arc
Bending The Arc Rev. Shelton Sullivan, 2nd Episcopal District To fall into the abyss of rage and despair To watch with horror as innocent civilians are murdered beyond belief or… Read More »
The African-American Male and Breast Cancer
The African-American Male and Breast Cancer The St. John AME Newsletter 9th Episcopal District Reprinted with permission from The Valley Weekly Robinson, J. (2023, October 20). The African-American male and… Read More »
AME Wins Massachusetts Teacher of the Year for 2023
AME Wins Massachusetts Teacher of the Year for 2023 The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that De’Shawn C. Washington, a fourth-grade inclusion teacher at Maria Hastings Elementary School in Lexington, is the… Read More »
Two firsts for the Jamaica Long Island District
Two firsts for the Jamaica Long Island District By the Rev. Dr. Jo-An L. Owings On Friday, September 22, 2023, clergy and lay of the Jamaica Long Island District of… Read More »
We Are Phenomenal Women
We Are Phenomenal Women Rev. Dr. Alice Hubbard Crenshaw, 8th Episcopal District Turner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, located at 719 Walthall St., in the City of Greenwood, Mississippi, sponsored… Read More »