Proctor Institute: Providing Sustenance and Hope
When I was a child my father was pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and my mother was director of the youth [...]
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“Is It Good for the Children?”
“I have a basic question that I ask related to policy making and leadership, and that basic question is, is it good for the children? [...]
Read MoreThe Fourth of July
In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the [...]
Read MoreA Fantastic, Terrific, Great Summer
“Freedom School, how do you feel? “Fantastic! Terrific! GRRRREAT! All! Day! Long!” If you heard a call-and-response chant like this, you might be sitting in [...]
Read MoreCelebrating Juneteenth
For the second year America is proudly celebrating Juneteenth as a federal holiday, marking the jubilant date in 1865 when many enslaved people in Texas [...]
Read MoreTime to Act
“He went there and shot my teacher—and told my teacher good night and shot her in the head. And then he shot some of my [...]
Read MoreAdvice for Graduates
This is the traditional season for joyful commencement ceremonies for students across our nation—and this year’s high school and college graduates are entering a world [...]
Read More“What Are We Doing?”
The funerals for the ten Black community members who were murdered while grocery shopping in Buffalo on May 14 are not even over—but it happened [...]
Read More“White Supremacy Is a Poison”
The scene at the Delavan Grider Community Center earlier this week was a far too familiar one in our nation: a President and First Lady [...]
Read MoreHungry Children Still Need Help
As the school year winds down, once again millions of children and families are facing the reality that hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation. This [...]
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