The plight of the Haitian people has long been a matter of deep personal concern to me. Over the years, I traveled to Haiti on four missionary trips with Ben Hill Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Our mission was to deliver food, medical supplies, and other essential resources to organizations caring for children and families in need. Those experiences gave me a firsthand understanding of both the immense challenges facing Haiti and the extraordinary resilience of its people. My...

The Supreme Court’s recent voting rights decision is part of a broader trend of rulings that have gradually narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. What changed here is not simply a technical legal standard, but the practical way race may be considered in drawing political districts and how discrimination must be proven in court. Those changes affect representation, public policy, and the enforceability of civil rights protections. The most immediate consequence is in political...

The Leandro v. State decision has long stood as a constitutional benchmark affirming that every child in North Carolina is entitled to a “sound basic education.” The recent action by the North Carolina Supreme Court declining to compel the legislature to fund the remedies tied to that obligation underscores a persistent institutional tension—one that sits at the intersection of judicial interpretation and legislative authority. Supporters of the Court’s position correctly note that the...