The continued distance between the white LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ communities of color has a historical antecedent.
PRIDE CELEBRATES MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY VIRTUALLY DURING MULTIPLE CRISES
BAKER’S RESTRICTIONS ON WORSHIP LAX COMPARED TO INITIAL CDC GUIDELINES
We compared the CDC's earlier guidelines advising gatherings to the governor’s instructions limiting places of worship occupancy to 40%. Baker, no doubt, was under pressure not to be "too prescriptive."
IT’S RISKY TO REOPEN PLACES OF WORSHIP, WHETHER MASS ALLOWS IT OR NOT
COVID-19 continues to pose an existential threat to public health and safety, and many of the churches that flouted social distancing guidelines became hot spots in their regions, increasing infection and death rates.
WITH COVID-19, WE’RE LOSING THE SAME POPULATION THE AIDS PANDEMIC TOOK
Clergy in these communities have been performing non-stop homegoings, and helping families, loved ones, and communities of the deceased through this valley of anxiety, fear, and death.
LIVING THROUGH CORONAVIRUS, AND IMPROVING, TOGETHER
This pandemic doesn’t call for pandemonium, petty divisions, political wrangling, or panic buying. We are all in this together. Our collective concern should be about saving lives and not the momentary upending of our lifestyles.
KENNEDY IS YOUNGER THAN MARKEY. WHAT ELSE?
The first debate, for me, didn’t demonstrate a compelling reason to replace Markey—to swap an older straight white male for a younger one.
HOW TO GET MY SUPPORT: THE SCRAMBLE FOR BLACK VOTES NEEDS TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MATTER TO US
Although most African Americans are Democrats today, our disaffection from the GOP only led us to FDR’s Democratic party after Republicans reneged on their formerly strong civil rights plank.
PRESSLEY DISRUPTS EUROCENTRIC AESTHETIC ABOUT HAIR
Femininity and attractiveness are integrally linked to hair as a Eurocentric aesthetic. Pressley, however, disrupts this notion because she’s stunningly gorgeous and regal—with or without hair.
LOVING A CHURCH THAT DOESN’T LOVE YOU
The schism in the UMC, sadly, mirrors today’s ongoing battle among religious conservatives.
A CIVIL DISCUSSION IN AN UNCIVILIZED WORLD
McDowell wondered if the guys had a right to speak like that on a train “where people didn’t choose to be in that space for that sort of speech.”
