Donald Trump and the Truth about America

Kelly Brown Douglas - How did it happen? How has a man whose campaign was filled with racist, xenophobic and misogynistic vitriol and who mounted a racialized “birtherism” campaign against the nation’s first African America President, as well as promised “Law and Order”/Wall Building protectionist policies—how has this man been elected President in a country that proclaims “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” for all?

FAITH, POLITICS

Donald Trump, Election, Kelly Brown Douglas, Politics

November 18, 2016

Religious Liberty and the Black Church – Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock

VISION 100: Howard University School of Divinity Convocation -The Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock of the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, was the keynote speaker. Dr. Harold Dean Trulear, HUSD Professor of Applied Theology, delivered the faculty response.

POLITICS, PUBLIC LIFE, VIDEOS

Dr. Harold Dean Trulear, Election, Howard University School of Divinity, Politics, Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, VISION 100

November 16, 2016

Revival and Resiliency after Rejection #Election2016

Moral Monday Architect Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II provides deep historical insights that help make sense of the moment, while also delivering a powerful - moving forward - charge

FAITH, NATIONAL, NEWS & VIEWS, POLITICS, VIDEOS

Donald Trump, Election, II, North Carolina, William J. Barber

November 16, 2016

Open Letter to God #Election2016

Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church pens passionate open letter to God in response to the 2016 election of Donald Trump.

FAITH, NATIONAL, NEWS & VIEWS, POLITICS

Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Election, Hillary Clinton, Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes III

November 15, 2016

The Road to 270 Was Through the ELCA

You are trying to find a new north for your moral compass. A way forward. I am not. I stand before you unafraid, unsurprised and unbowed. Not because I’m made of better stuff than you. But because I know white America.

FAITH, NATIONAL, NEWS & VIEWS, POLITICS

Donald Trump, ELCA, Election, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Vicar Lenny Duncan

November 8, 2016

Which Way Forward? Confession.

Whatever the outcome of today’s historic election, the crucial question to consider is how we move forward as people of faith.

FAITH, NEWS & VIEWS

Donald Trump, Election, faith, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Rev. Dr. Linda E. Thomas

July 28, 2016

Rev. William Barber: Is There A Heart in America?

"We need to embrace our deepest moral values," Reverend William Barber II of North Carolina at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

NATIONAL, NEWS & VIEWS, POLITICS, PUBLIC LIFE, VIDEOS

DNC, Election, Politics, Rev. William Barber

April 9, 2016

The Anger of White People

It would be good if this spate of time where the anger of white people is being lifted up could serve as the bridge for new communication and understanding between the races. But it won’t - because those who could begin the dialogues will not do that. They are holding onto the Myth of White Superiority.

FAITH, NEWS & VIEWS, POLITICS

Election, Politics, Poverty, racism, Susan K. Smith, Trump

February 24, 2016

Trump, Racism, and God’s Grace

Evangelicals have shown that their love for God leans toward maintaining their view of God in a white-ruled country. They have shown that the words of Jesus, for Christians to be forgiving and to care for “the least of these” have little to do with their religion.

POLITICS, PUBLIC LIFE

America, Donald Trump, Election, religion

January 19, 2016

SOCIALISM IN BLACK AMERICA?

This November, street corner prophets will promise us a kinder, gentler capitalism within the Democratic Party.

CHURCH, NEWS & VIEWS, POLITICS

African American, Election, Politics, Socialism