by Robert Parham | May 11, 2015 | Opinion
When does provoking hatred cross the line from free speech to irresponsible speech? The legal answer may differ from the moral answer. The legal answer appeared in a recent court ruling. A United States District Court judge ruled earlier this year that the New York...
by Robert Parham | Apr 28, 2015 | Opinion
Words differ globally. The U.S. uses the language of immigrants. Europeans use the word migrant. South Africans say foreign workers. Australians speak of asylum-seekers. Different words represent corresponding realities. Those who are often poor and victims of...
by Robert Parham | Apr 23, 2015 | Opinion
If we want to understand better white Baptists of the South on race, we need to remember a forgotten figure – A.C. Miller – and a slice of history – the 1954 Southern Baptist Convention. Never heard of Miller? Most Baptists have not. One might dare...
by Robert Parham | Apr 9, 2015 | Opinion
A man ran into our seventh-grade classroom before the weekly spelling test. He was an older man. He was glistening with sweat, wide-eyed, disheveled, frightened. He pled for protection. A classmate would later recall that he said to our teacher, “Please, ma, I...
by Robert Parham | Mar 31, 2015 | Opinion
A tidal wave of Republican presidential candidates is right behind Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. The only likely candidate for the Democratic nomination – Hillary Clinton – is a tsunami all by...
