Envisioning our nation’s birthday through the eyes of Frederick Douglass
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass On a sultry summer’s day in 1852 a northern audience of mostly white folk, mostly women, paid 12 and a half cents admission to Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York...
America 250 and the Movement we need
“This is not a moment, it’s a movement.” – lyrics from the song “My Shot” in the musical Hamilton. Whenever I sit down to tap out a post for this Creation Justice blog, I like to believe I’m participating in a movement. Bending the...
The Only in Monroe Show with Stephen Colbert
Consider this to be a postscript to yesterday’s post on the finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Last year when CBS made the shocking announcement of the decision to cancel The Late Show after a 33 year run, the immediate question on everyone’s mind was,“What...
Hello, Goodbye: The Cancel-ebration of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
May 21, 2026, was the very last time the in-person and on-line audience of late night TV heard the familiar words that had greeted us for the past 11 years, “Welcome. Welcome one and all, in here and out there to the Late Show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert.” In...
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