View From HereBy David Mark Greaves Rev. C. T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis, the firebrands of the 1960’s Civil Rights Era,were the hammer and the anvil of a fired-up people intent on bending the arc of the nation toward justice and equality. They were “Race Men” who stayed faithful to their mission of paving […]readmore
I spent about 2 hours watching fox & Friends this morning and it is obvious why it’s Trump’s favorite show. The coronavirus pandemic not only did not lead the news, it was mentioned only with one emergency room doctor in a Houston interview. Not mentioned were any statistics on the spiking of deaths in Texas, […]readmore
Covid 19 is leaving over 129,000 dead and the virus will be with us until a safe vaccine is available, but perhaps not for another year. Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, delivered a most sobering projection: he said we are headed toward increasing the number of cases to […]readmore
By David Mark Greaves – First Unitarian ChurchSunday, June 14, 2020 (Virtual) First, I’d like to thank the Weaving Social Justice committee for asking me to speak and be a part of your wonderful program celebrating Juneteenth, when the Africans held as slaves in Galverston, Texas, heard that the Civil War had ended and that […]readmore
Again, “I can’t breathe.” This time it’s not a chokehold that a police officer used for killing Lloyd George, yet another Black man. It was a knee on the neck while other officers stood and watched, the same as in old pictures of the crowds at lynchings and burnings of Black people. This primitive desire […]readmore
New Priority: Correcting our Underlying Conditions New Yorkers are trying to resume their normal lives, even as top public health officials warn of dangers. Easing restrictions on public life too soon during a pandemic could result in a surge of new cases that might spiral out of control, public health officials said. But a New […]readmore
During this COVID-19 pandemic, as politicians scramble and scientists shake their heads, the public is waiting, hungry for food and more. In the top photo, Protein food stores are becoming increasingly scarce; the national food supply chain is collapsing; lines are getting longer for food distribution. But they are also hungry for strong leadership and […]readmore
View From HereBy David Mark Greaves We’ve been in a lot of tough spots as Africans in the Americas, with slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow, criminal justice and the rest. But COVID-19 is taking us out suddenly and in mass. The virus strikes everybody, but it hits the Black community the hardest. By a wide margin. […]readmore
