Strong Women: Profiles In Courage Know No Gender

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 2:24 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

Strong women have never been an aberration. They’ve been a constant presence in my life. Lucille Mae Dennison Wilson Harrington — my White great-grandmother — became my first and forever example of a strong woman. A Survivor Grandma survived a volatile childhood, the Great Depression, domestic violence, and divorce by 1946. She’d eventually work her way to becoming the head of all snack bars at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s campus. Getting there took strength and courage. Profile In Courage Defying her loved... Read more

Now is NOT The Time For A Blue Log Cabin-ish Democrat

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 2:33 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

Mayor Pete needs to work harder building bridges to get Dem nomination Can South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg become president? Whether this nation will send an openly gay man to the White House remains an open question. Pundits, however, have christened him a favorite — thanks to early polling. Transformed Electorate Of course, they’re clinging to an age-old proverb: So goes Iowa and New Hampshire, so goes the nation. Clinging to that political cliche ignores the electorate’s transformation. Millions of young people... Read more

How Everything Isn’t Black & White — Except Some Biracial People

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 2:48 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

A myriad of thought pieces and journal articles strive to uncover the mystique of being biracial. Research and studies that inspired these academic takes on lived experience, aimed to demystify beings considered either exotic or second-class. Mixed Metaphors Academic dissection will never yield a complete understanding of the challenges biracial people face. More than 40 years of lived experience as a biracial cisgender man has driven that life lesson home again and again. This social justice minister, policy advocate, and writer... Read more

Haley: ‘Reasonable’ Republican to Confederate Apologist?

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 2:58 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

Former UN Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley came out of the woodwork to lament that Dylan Roof’s cold-blooded murder of nine people at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston sullied the Confederate flag’s sanctity. “This was one of the oldest African American churches — these 12 people were amazing people. They loved their church, they loved their family, they loved their community. And here is this guy that comes out with this manifesto, holding the Confederate flag and... Read more

Taking Barron’s Name In Vain Gives GOP Fodder

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 3:06 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

Childish attacks from some classmates punctuated parts of my childhood. So, no sanctioning of bullying children will occur on my watch. However, Karlan’s wordplay needs no defense. Rep. Matt Gaetz and the White House are the only entities exploiting him. First Lady’s Response A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering and using a child to do it. First Lady Melania... Read more

Leaving people hungry for political points

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 3:11 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

Having access to food isn’t a privilege. Eating is a human right. The Trump administration rejects that reality. Administration officials overruled a portion of the 2019 Farm Bill. Nearly 700,000 people risk losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. More Stringent Work Requirements SNAP was once known as food stamps. A “billionaire” president (and his family) profiting from his office wants poor people to starve. A new rule implements stringent SNAP work requirements that Congress previously rejected. A Welfare Queen Dehumanizing and demoralizing poor... Read more

With A President Like This, LGBTQ+ Don’t Need Any Enemies

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 3:16 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

Let’s be clear. The LGBTQ+ delegation, which meets religiously at Wanda Sykes’ residence Thursdays, never appointed any spokespersons. (Here’s a challenge: Try to find the sarcasm.) A headline for an Aug. 15 opinion piece gave the false impression we had. “Trump met his commitments to LGBTQIA+ Americans. He has our endorsement.” Really? Clearly, Log Cabin Chairman Robert Kabel and Vice Chairwoman Jill Homan didn’t seek input from a more diverse group of LGBTQ+ Americans before drafting this bewildering and ridiculous... Read more

Not Today, Satan! Black voters didn’t bring America to a cultural, social abyss

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 3:36 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

Discerning whether a Popeye’s or Chik-Fil-A sandwich is more delectable has inspired an interesting debate about Black people’s voting habits. Let me send props to a Charlotte, N.C. teen for registering people to vote outside a Popeye’s restaurant. But, Black people aren’t solely responsible for this dumpster fire. Teen registered people to vote as they waited in Popeyes line for new chicken sandwich CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Instead of the complaining about the long lines at Popeyes as everyone waited to... Read more

Effort To Primary Trump in 2020: What’s The Family Got To Do With It?

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 3:44 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

Americans are rightly going apoplectic over President Donald Trump dubbing himself the chosen one. Not-so-secret (anymore) conservative religious group, the Family or the Fellowship in Washington, D.C. has regarded members as chosen political disciples since Eisenhower’s administration. Glaring lights of a documentarian’s camera, apparently, won’t send them scurrying like roaches. Mark Sanford, a former South Carolina governor and U.S. Congressman, seems to be preparing for a 2020 presidential primary run. Beating Trump in 2020 was once a pipe dream. Now, there are multiple attempts to... Read more

Honoring Morrison’s Unapologetic Artistry

Last updated on: August 7, 2023 at 6:34 pm By Rev. Jason Carson Wilson

You are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower someone else. –Toni Morrison The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness has at worst, been a pipe dream for Black people in the United States of America. At best, it’s been carrot dangled — and sometimes given — to well-behaved Black people or those bathing in Black respectability. Here’s a sad truth: Good behavior and Black respectability won’t save you.... Read more