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As America celebrates 250 years of growth into a fuller independence and freedom for all Americans, how has Al-Islam (commonly called “Islam”) fared throughout...

Recently, the State of Texas voted to begin incorporating the teaching of the Bible to its 5.5 million public school students. The new social...

The promise of America was that the policies were supposed to support the people. It’s not really a question of left or right. It’s about...

A nation's oldest contradiction “Loving you is like a battle, and we both end up with scars.” Lauryn Hill was singing about love; she could have...

In 1852 Frederick Douglass agreed to speak at a July 4th celebration in New York.  In his speech he recognized July 4th as the...

I hear people talk about “two Americas” on a consistent cadence, from superficial items like seasoning foods or pop culture references to more complex...

The Trump administration, in yet another unprecedented move, has established “The Anti-Weaponization Fund” for people claiming wrongful treatment by previous administrations.  This fund was established as part of Trump, his family’s and the Trump Organization LLC’s settlement with the...

They didn't call it a war. But we're paying for it anyway. On a Tuesday morning in early March, the price sign at the Shell...

This can sometimes feel like a strange moment for Black Americans. We have lived and witnessed tremendous progress, but there is clearly much more work to do. We can recognize...

What we owe our ancestors most is to remember, to learn and to keep moving forward. We stand on the shoulders of multiple generations of people who simply...