Reverend Irene Monroe
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My family is due reparations. The government is still trying to take their land.
Sometime before 1877, Great Grandmother accrued a small plot of farmland that now awaits its fate as her brood try to scrape together enough money to keep it.
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The story of Stonewall has been bleached. I know because I was there.
It takes white privilege to fight the police, expect to walk away alive, and create a hagiographical narrative of white heroism.
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Trans deaths are real deaths. It’s time America realized that simple truth.
God works through other people. Maybe you can be those other people.
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Historically black all-male college will admit trans students
Morehouse College – the jewel of black academia and male leadership – will admit transgender male students in 2020.
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If Trump was really religious, he’d want to protect churches from deranged killers
Easter and Ramadan are coming but attacks on places of worship are becoming too frequent in this global climate of intolerance. As a worshiper, I need our president to make us safe.
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The United Methodist Church faces schism. How does it move forward?
All people under God have the same sacred worth — even if the United Methodist Church doesn’t practice it.
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Many transgender prisoners are trying to survive their time while serving time
For Jane Doe, it was not only a fight for her life but her dignity too.
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What I learned from my glorious evening with Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama’s new book and book tour are helping empower people typically swept to the margins.
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Thanksgiving is America’s original hate crime
We are the legacy of centuries of hate, violence, and discrimination. Thanksgiving should be a reminder of that.
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Jonestown cult leader Jim Jones was bisexual & friends with Harvey Milk
The mass murder-suicide was the largest casualty of American citizens before 9/11.
