by Robert Parham | Jul 24, 2013 | Opinion
Mitch told his nephew he would be back home in a couple of hours. That was in 1985. He will not return home until 2034. I met Mitch at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle, Ind., last week, where we were working on our forthcoming documentary on prison...
by Robert Parham | Jul 17, 2013 | Opinion
Bearing false witness reached a fever pitch immediately following the jury acquittal of George Zimmerman. One side charged that the “New South” was nothing more than the “Old South,” as if nothing had changed in the last 50 years. The Florida...
by Robert Parham | Jul 15, 2013 | Opinion
House Republicans passed a farm bill last week that did not include funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – or food stamps, breaking the 40-year strategy of combining food stamps and farm subsidies in a single bill. Republicans prioritized...
by Robert Parham | Jul 9, 2013 | Opinion
The annual gathering of goodwill, global Baptists ended last week in Ocho Rios, Jamaica with a number of high points – and one major blooper. Founded in 1905, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is the largest network of worldwide Baptists with 228 member conventions and...
by Robert Parham | Jul 1, 2013 | Opinion
Baptist and Muslim relationships top the agenda for global Baptist leaders who gather this week in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, for the annual conclave of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) – much as was the case at the 2012 meeting in Santiago, Chile. One of the most dynamic...
