By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent As the Israel-Hamas conflict escalates, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are issuing warnings of an anticipated surge in hate crimes within the United States. The agencies underscored the need for heightened vigilance not only against antisemitic and Islamophobic ...

By Dianne Anderson People often want what they can’t have, or at least what they used to have, and many had come to expect on Sunday mornings the comforting kinship of the church. It’s a hot commodity lately as more and more people try to Zoom in or facetime to achieve a higher connection than ...