It was almost a year ago that the “Holy City” of Charleston saw its day of hell. But if the accused killer of nine innocent black parishioners thought he could shake the faith of the church he sought to violate, this week’s Bible study proved him wrong.
Close to 200 people filled the pews of Emanuel AME Church on Wednesday evening to pray and study the Bible. Rev. Anthony Thompson, who led the service, read the same passages that were read the night a white supremacist allegedly entered the sanctuary and opened fire. That night, the verses were read by Myra Thompson — his wife.
She was among those killed, along with Cynthia Hurd, Ethel Lance, Susie Jackson, Daniel Simmons, Tywanza Sanders, Sharonda Coleman, DePayne Middleton-Doctor and Clementa Pinckney, who was the pastor of the church.
At the United State of Women Summit on Tuesday, The Huffington Post asked actress Kerry Washington, “How close do you think America is to being ready for a president who is a woman of color?”
“Wow! I don’t know. We’re in a really challenging place as a country right now,” she told us. “Some of the rhetoric around women, around immigrants, around people of color is breathtaking to me.”
But while Washington isn’t sure the country is ready to elect a woman of color as president, but she has hope — and a name to suggest. Find out who here.
You get an endorsement! And you get an endorsement!
Oprah Winfrey is supporting Hillary Clinton for president in what she called “a seminal moment for women.” “I really believe that is going to happen,” Oprah told “Entertainment Tonight” on Wednesday. “I’m with her.”
She also spoke up for Clinton earlier this year after rapper T.I. said he couldn’t vote for a woman to be president because of her emotions, or something.
“Honey child, hush your mouth,” she said. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Artist Derrick Adams is a bit freaked out about how so many homes are physically structured around a television set. “TV has become like an extra person in your house,” he said in an interview with The Huffington Post. “Or rather, your TV becomes your leader.”
Through his multidisciplinary practice, incorporating elements of painting, video, installation and performance, Brooklyn-based Adams explores the role television and media play in shaping contemporary culture. However, Adams’ tone is far from one of judgmental alarm.
He’s not calling for the death of television, that newfangled opiate of the masses. Rather, Adams likes TV; he watches TV and considers his work in conversation with it. His vibrant art mimics television’s fast pace, its addictive visuals and exaggerated postures. Adams doesn’t condemn the culture and cult of television, he simply explores it intensely and with critical fascination. “A lot of the things I make are about trying to connect the dots and figure out why and how am I who I am, based on media output and the things around me when I grew up,” Adams said.
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