As soon as the president stepped off Air Force One to bask in the afterglow of being vindicated by Robert Mueller’s report, he began by saying this “witch …”...
Author - George Cassidy Payne
George Cassidy Payne is a freelance writer and domestic violence counselor. He has theology degrees from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, NY and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
For nearly six years I lived next to a family from Yemen. Today it is impossible for me to see people from that country as the nameless victims shown on TV...
Later this month The George Eastman Museum in Rochester is set to screen the 1960 courtroom drama Inherit the Wind. Based on the Scopes “Monkey” Trial of 1925...
I am aware of the numerous tribal wars which occurred for thousands of years before European settlers arrived in the “New World.” Yet despite these conflicts...
For nearly six years I lived next to a family from Yemen. Today it is impossible for me to see people from that country as the nameless victims shown on TV...
Among the uncountable lies Trump has heaped on the American people, perhaps none was as pernicious as the one he told about tear gassing children at the border...
By George Cassidy Payne President Trump steadfastly denies that there is a smoking gun in the Khashoggi murder, and he refuses to listen to the recording of...
by George Cassidy Payne Allow me to begin by stating an anthropological and genetic fact. Any conversation about so called “American” nationalism must begin...
By George Cassidy Payne There is nothing unique about Donald Trump. Yet both Democrats and Republicans view him that way all of the time. The Democrats talk...
Senator John McCain was a powerhouse in American politics. His legacy is far reaching and impacts every facet of civil life in our country. I didn’t always...
Like so much of what Trump promotes, the term is dehumanizing and inflammatory. But since the beginning of his presidency, he has surrounded himself around...
Going inside is something most of us take for granted all day long. Most of us can go inside a cafe to buy a cup of coffee without causing an awkward situation...
From June 28-30, 2018, I had the opportunity to attend the International Restorative Justice Conference in Burlington, Vermont. The conference was entitled...
The people of Puerto Rico are rich. The name itself means “Rich Port City,” and it is inspired by John the Baptist. Any narrative that portrays Puerto Rico as...
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of a fateful compromise between Southern slave-holding interests and...
By George Cassidy Payne Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a radical economic thinker. In his 1967 book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? King wrote...
By George Cassidy Payne The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was authorize by the U.S. Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the compromise...
By George Cassidy Payne The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was authorize by the U.S. Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the compromise...
By George Cassidy Payne The latest demonstrations in Gaza took place as the U.S. embassy was formally relocated to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, on the 70th...
The latest demonstrations in Gaza took place as the U.S. embassy was formally relocated to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, on the 70th anniversary of the formation of...