Religion

It’s Not a Secret I Just Gotta Love You

     So here we are, living and breathing creatures in the universe.  I submit to you that God’s word about us is pure. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 says it simple enough. “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” […]

Local News

Wilson, Hastings Lead Letter Calling on DeSantis to Stop Pressuring Health Directors to Not Advise School Districts

       “We strongly fear that preventing health directors from making informed recommendations endangers children, teachers and staff, and high-risk members of our community by limiting the ability of public officials to make fact-based decisions. We understand that numerous health officials have said they were pressured by your administration to not give a formal recommendation about whether to reopen schools,” the letter reads. “Consequently, without guidance, some district officials have said they felt compelled to return to in-person learning despite concerns about the potentially harmful impact on public health.” […]

National News

African American women’s suffrage movement

     After the Civil War, women’s rights activists disagreed about whether to support ratification of the 15th Amendment, which provided voting rights regardless of race, but which did not explicitly enfranchise women. The resulting split in the women’s movement marginalized African American women, who nonetheless continued their suffrage activism. By the 1890s, the women’s suffrage movement had become increasingly racist and exclusionary, and African-American women organized separately through local women’s clubs and the National Association of Colored Women. Women won the vote in dozens of states in the 1910s, and African American women became a powerful voting bloc. […]