by Robert Parham | Feb 8, 2017 | Opinion
Opposition to the resettlement of Syrian refugees was vigorous before President Trump’s executive order banning them from entering the country. A majority of Americans – 54 percent – expressed opposition in November 2015 to the United States...
by Robert Parham | Jan 30, 2017 | Opinion
President Trump wants to wall out the undocumented. Does he want the wall to keep in the dreamers? Trump issued an executive order last week that authorized the building of a U.S.-Mexican border barrier that will run for 2,000 miles. The wall was defined as a...
by Robert Parham | Jan 26, 2017 | Opinion
The Bible was on display at President Trump’s inauguration – different versions, different texts, different symbolisms. Three Bibles had the symbolic value of tying the president and vice president to the honored past. Vice President Pence had his hand on...
by Robert Parham | Jan 24, 2017 | Opinion
Honored civil rights leader and U.S. Congressman John Lewis sought to delegitimize the presidency of Donald Trump. “I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president,” said Lewis, who plans to protest Donald Trump’s inauguration by...
by Robert Parham | Jan 11, 2017 | Opinion
National Migration Week is sandwiched between Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Jan. 11 and Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16. Each has a different focus. All share a common moral concern – caring for the stranger and the weak, pursuing social justice,...
