The Fierce Urgency of Prophetic Hope

  © Wendell Griffen, 2024 April 26, 2024 Little Rock, Arkansas     Yesterday a lawyer stood in the well of the Supreme Court of the United States and boldly declared that a President is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution if he/she commits murder, bribery, sedition, conspiracy to overthrow the government, or any other crimes as an “official act.” The lawyer argued to Justices who refused to focus on the allegations in the indictment issued by a federal grand jury against Donald Trump for attempting to overthrow the 2020 presidential election result, including allegedly suborning false sworn statements about baseless claims that the election was fraudulent. And he made that argument as the senior Justice, Clarence Thomas, looked down from the bench despite the fact that Virginia “Ginny” Thomas, his wife, was allied with the movement that tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of office in January 2021. He made that argument before several Justices who have profes

  ©Wendell Griffen, 2024 Little Rock, Arkansas   We can go online and read the Project 2025 report published by the right-wing Heritage Foundation to learn what to expect if Donald Trump becomes the next President of the United States after the 2024 general election. It is beyond disquieting. It is horrible to expect an executive branch run by demagogues determined to gut federal agencies responsible for health, human services, education, environmental protection, and respect for federal lands. If elected in 2024, Donald Trump will usher in an era of fascism unlike anything imagined in U.S. history. But we need look no further than Palestine and Haiti to know what to expect if Joe Biden is re-elected. Joe Biden has been counseling, cheering, financing, and outfitting the Israeli apartheid regime. That regime has used U.S. funding to terrorize Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Israel has used U.S. weapons, munitions, and diplomatic cover to commit what the Inte

  ©Wendell Griffen, 2024 You might be excused for not knowing that the United Nations Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on March 26 after the United States abstained from voting. Almost six months have passed since Hamas fighters invaded Israel on October 7, 2023. Over 32,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in retaliation for that attack. Nations across the world have called for a ceasefire for months, but the United States vetoed ceasefire resolutions until March 26. But you might be excused for not knowing that the Security Council passed such a resolution on March 26. After all, the Biden administration shipped more bombs and other war tools to Israel since then. President Joe Biden signed legislation that defunds UNRWA, the UN agency that provides humanitarian relief and assistance to Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem the day after the resolution was adopted. The ceasefire resolution came too l