Atlanta Metro Pastor Raises Questions to Help the Nation Move Toward Peace. “No Justice, No Peace” “When are we going to condemn systemic racism with the same moral urgency that we condemn riots?” Stone Mountain, Georgia – June 6, 2020 –– Dr. Kenneth L. Samuel (Victory for the World Church) challenged the nation’s leadership to practice Christian principals and condemn racism in the oppression and killing of Black people. In his sermon on Sunday, June 7, the Pastor of the Victory for the World Church located in Stone Mountain, GA,…
Editorials
By Ronald J. Freeman, Sr., Esq. “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass We have the POWER. Amadou Diallo, February 1999 (New York City) –Eric Garner, July 2014 (New York) – unarmed; Michael Brown, August, 2014 (Ferguson ) – unarmed; Walter Scott, April 2015 (North Charleston) – unarmed; Philando Castile, July 2016 (Minneapolis) – unarmed; Breonna Taylor, May, 2020 (Louisville) – unarmed George Floyd, May, 2020 (Minneapolis) – unarmed; 39 UNARMED African Americans were killed by the police in 2016. By…
In response the latest three deaths of unarmed Black Americans in our country, protests, both peaceful and riots, have erupted throughout the country. Citizens of many cultures unite to protest the seemingly unwarranted deaths and the vile law system that allows such deaths to happen and to carry on unpunished. Already a tense time due to the stressful COVID-19 pandemic, many citizens truly feel that law enforcement and racists are deliberately targeting and killing Blacks. “Blacks are being hunted.” In downtown Atlanta, peaceful protests tend to begin in the early…
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By Klairane Gumbs America was unprepared for COVID-19. Health, finances, family responsibilities, safety and more are deeply impacted by the global pandemic. Non-essential businesses have closed, forcing millions of Americans out of work and scrambling to file for unemployment insurance. Congress passed an economic stimulus package that, at first glance, seemed like needed relief to those trying to make ends meet. However, the reality is the COVID-19 relief package does not provide enough consumer protections and leaves many low-income households financially broken. Many Americans could be susceptible to financial scams…
