John Lewisâs Final Fight For Voting Rights
Democrats big reform bill contains 300 pages expanding voting rights that were written by the late civil rights leader.
By Paul Blumenthal
Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty Images
As Congress debates the passage of a sweeping reform bill targeting voting rights, campaign finance, redistricting and ethics, Democrats in the House and Senate have the name of a colleague who is no longer with them on their lips.
Rep. John Lewis, who died last year, dedicated his life to expanding and protecting the right to vote. He was attacked for it. And he was elected, in part, to help preserve it. He ultimately helped write part of the bill that Democrats are now pushing to enact.
The Black Church on PBS explores its role over 400 years of Black history
Christina Sturdivant Sani, The Washington Post
Feb. 12, 2021
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The two-part documentary The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song premieres Feb. 16 and 17 on PBS at 9 p.m. Eastern. We talked to Harvard professor Henry Louis Skip Gates Jr. - the documentary s executive producer, writer and host - and producer Stacey Holman about what it was like to pack 400 years of history about the foremost institution that has nurtured African Americans through enslavement and civil rights battles and into
Church of the Brethren Newsline
February 13, 2021
“On Valentine’s Day, share hearts and flowers–and do your part to prevent abuse.”
That’s the message from the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Valentine’s Day 2021, encouraging people to share new images and messages created for a special social media campaign called “Celebrate love, prevent abuse.” Other messages include “Love is kind” and “Each day, affirm respect, devotion, and love.” The messages are intended to invite reflection during a time in which “a shadow pandemic of domestic abuse and violence has risen alarmingly in conjunction with COVID-19-related lockdowns,” said a WCC release. “In response, the Thursdays in Black campaign has grown, with increasing numbers of global ambassadors speaking out, in many regions and languages, in support of a world free from rape and gender-based violence.” Campaigners are urging attention to gender-based violence and awareness of its root causes. “
Two North Texas faith leaders lead National Prayer Service Better is not just going to show up because you ask for it. Better comes when we pray for it and put feet for those prayers, AME Bishop Vashti McKenzie said. Author: Jobin Panicker Updated: 10:41 PM CST January 21, 2021
DALLAS Two faith leaders from North Texas were invited to participate in The National Prayer Service Thursday at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Imam Azhar Subedar of the Islamic Association of Collin County were invited to lead the prayer virtually. It was one of those moments.is this real or not? Subedar said after getting the invite for the prayer.