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Friday, March 31, 2023

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the last and, perhaps, the greatest gift given by Jesus. To the very men who tortured and crucified him on the cross. And, incidentally, to all...

Mercy, Part Two

Does mercy apply to any species other than humans, Or any thing, other than humans? If Man is to be bound by mercy, Then, what is the purpose,...

To Help Students Recover from the Pandemic, We Must Support Families

We have heard a lot about what students need to recover from more than a year of disruption to school and their lives from...

Mercy

I have always considered love to be the     greatest gift from humanity to life. I have believed that, when life exalts,     and, even...

We Stand Up to Celebrate The Fourth

I live in a Black and predominantly Brown community in Washington, DC.  We marched in the Palisades parade on the Fourth of July, a...

CRYSP Celebrates RFK Fields Anniversary

Two years ago, on June 8, 2019, the ribbon was officially cut at The Fields at RFK, ushering in a new phase in the...

Opinion: The South Side of Garfield Park Needs Fixing

Garfield Park is a great asset for the Capitol Hill neighborhood and for all of DC. But the southern edge of the park and...

OUCH! A Shot Across the Verbal Bows

We all have phrases and words that we hate, either because they can be ambiguous, plain incorrect or just sloppy repetition. My number one bête-noire...

The Smile in Your Purse

Better that I had been a chimera, a passing thought, a brush in rush hour That might have been, but wasn't an embrace   for the rest...

OPINION: A Monument to Black Resistance and Strength

Ed: On Feb 18, 2021, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-D) reintroduced legislation to remove the Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park, a federal park in...