by Wade Smith | Jan 24, 2017 | Opinion
“The Disturbances” tells the story of the 1966 genocide outbreak in northern Nigeria by the Hausas against the Igbos. An estimated 30,000 Igbos were killed over a few days in September with hundreds of thousands fleeing to their traditional homeland in...
by Reggie Warren | Jan 24, 2017 | Opinion
Comparing crowd sizes became a surprising focal point following President Trump’s inauguration. By now, most of us have seen overhead shots from the Washington Monument of the crowds at the 2009 Obama inauguration next to images of the Trump inauguration....
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 Daniel Trusiewicz | Jan 23, 2017 | Opinion
Situated between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova is a country with 3.5 million people. The nation is comprised of several ethnic groups – 75 percent are Moldavians speaking the Romanian language; the others are Ukrainian, Russian, Gagauz (Turkish), Jewish and Roma...
by Michael Parnell | Jan 20, 2017 | Opinion
Some movies are pure, artistic expressions of the filmmaker’s desire to communicate more than just putting some moving images on a screen. Other movies are so hard to watch because they challenge you in ways you wished you did not have to answer their challenge....
by Carolyn Wynstra | Jan 19, 2017 | Opinion
I read about “The Disturbances” in the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) periodical, The Banner. Unfortunately, I read it just before bedtime. It took hours for me to calm down and go to sleep. So many images went through my mind! I was very young when I...
