Tag: poverty

Letting Go: 8 Years After Losing My Life Partner to Police Violence

Via Medium.  Letting Go: 8 Years After Losing My Life Partner to Police Violence By Brandon D. Anderson Well before I was born, my grandfather, Foster, organized a group of Black business owners against police harassment. Grandpa Foster owned a nightclub in Oklahoma City where police had harassed him and his customers, threatening their safety so … Read More

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The U.S. Racial Crisis and World Evangelism

Via InterVarsity.  The U.S. Racial Crisis and World Evangelism Audio Download Transcript Any understanding of world evangelism and racism in our country must begin with an understanding of the history of racism. To understand why we are in the middle of a revolution in our time, to come to grips with what the black revolution … Read More

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Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

Via GoodReads.  Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh (Goodreads Author) During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country’s changing economic policies solidified her family’s place among the working poor. By telling the story … Read More

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