Author / Kirk Brown

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  • When Is a March Not a Protest?

    The answer is simple: when there are white lives around to give a movement rationale and appeal. Now, do not get me wrong; I fully support March for Our Lives. It’s a movement that demonstrates the power that young voices have in this democracy and what they can do when they join together. Gun violence…

  • What Is Ours Is Not Yours

    0.3/5.1 whole. Bought for a price from the motherland, a value has been assigned to blacks since our ancestors were taken from Africa on a one-way trip. Throughout the course of American history, white people have always undervalued the worth of black people. In WWI, the army used the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Regiment) as fodder…

  • The Power of Religion

    Freedom of religion. Separation of church and state. These are some of the more common phrases that people think of when referencing the connection between religion and government. Although our government has made efforts to keep religion separate from politics since the inception of our country, religion still permeates many parts of the political process…