How is this for a headline: Voters elected and put in charge conservatives who are now causing delays at our airports.

How does the prophet know what the prophet declares? How does the prophet know that God is calling the prophet to do the work of God? How does the prophet know what to say, when to say it, and how to say it? www.academia.edu/48254013/Tak...

In this essay, by way of speculative history and my sanctified imagination, I wonder what an alternative history would look like if we could conceive of Woodson as challenging the dominant (exclusively white) notions of public address and rhetorical praxis. www.academia.edu/50846251/My_...

The essays that follow address a wide range of salient issues, showcasing both how scholars of rhetoric contribute to a richer understanding of Hip Hop and rhetoric and how Hip Hop helps to shape our understanding of rhetoric. www.academia.edu/82977852/Cre...

How do we communicate with people who are not telling the truth? How do we build community with people who live and perpetuate lies? What do civility, morality, and justice look like amid incivility, immorality, and injustice? www.academia.edu/83223848/Com...

In this introductory essay for this special issue, I encourage scholars in the fields of homiletics and rhetoric to expand our understanding of homiletical and rhetorical theory by focusing specifically on the unique rhetoric of Black sermons. www.academia.edu/129135936/In...

We invite you to join our "Power to the People" series, each Sunday at 6:00 pm CST. Our goal is to foster informed, compassionate, and proactive engagement in civic life. Register here. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And no major news outlets are calling for him to resign.

Through the plight of one woman trying to save her daughter from starvation, “Rovina’s Choice” traces the effects of Donald Trump’s executive order banning US foreign aid, made within hours of being sworn into office in January 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj0P...

One day we will stop allowing them to gaslight us.

Will voters remember who fought so hard to deny SNAP benefits?

SCOTUS gives conservatives cover.

In this chapter, I examine how supporters of BLM appropriate their own understanding of faith and spirituality to describe their involvement with the movement. www.academia.edu/100494203/My...

In this chapter, I examine Du Bois within the Black prophetic tradition. I argue that Du Bois’s rhetorical trajectory — from advocating voting to abstaining in the 1956 election — coincided with his shift from a mission-oriented prophet to a pessimistic one. www.academia.edu/104045992/De...

In this chapter, I call on us to understand how we use rhetoric as a method and to explore how rhetorical approaches to religion can contribute to a deeper and more meaningful conception of both religion and race. www.academia.edu/108269700/Ra...

This essay serves as the foreword for the book "The Civil War and the Summer of 2020" edited by Hilary N. Green and Andrew L. Slap. www.academia.edu/115881592/Te...

In this second volume, we have curated some of the most extraordinary African American sermons (and spoken word) delivered during the first six months of quarantine that specifically address the COVID-19 Global Pandemic and/or America's civil unrest. www.academia.edu/144815068/Th...

With this project, our aims are simple. We envisioned this book to be a collection of sermons from those who preach within the Black preaching tradition. www.academia.edu/144814925/Th...

Beware of the projections of conservatives!

This is what happens when conservatives are in charge.

Texas still is not ready.

Remember when they went low, you went high?

This is huge. magnoliatribune.com/2025/11/04/d...

Imagine what a functional Congress could do?

Virginia voters elected DEMS in all their statewide races. Just think if the states who elected Dems statewide in senate races (Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin) would have done the same thing in 2024. #ItWasnttheMessage Harris 284 Trump 254

I am pleased to announce that I have signed a book contract with the University of Pennsylvania Press to edit a volume of essays on the Colored Conventions. #WriteOn #RhetoricalHistorian #BlackRhetoric #BlackRights #TheGrindContines

I think some of you may be interested in this. Please share. csr3blog.blogspot.com/2025/10/virt...

Colorado just do not have the players. All the coaching and hype in the world can’t change that.

On November 5, 2025, at 12 noon, the Center for the Study of Rhetoric, Race, and Religion will host a book talk by Matthew Boedy on his new book, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy. Pls share! csr3blog.blogspot.com/2025/10/virt...

On November 5, 2025, at 12 noon, the Center for the Study of Rhetoric, Race, and Religion will host a book talk by Matthew Boedy on his new book, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy. csr3blog.blogspot.com/2025/10/virt...

On November 5, 2025, at 12 noon, the Center for the Study of Rhetoric, Race, and Religion will host a book talk by Matthew Boedy on his new book, The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy. Please share csr3blog.blogspot.com/2025/10/virt...

Sadly, it’s not only conservatives. They just don’t care.

No one should use the N word. Period.

Farmers KNEW exactly what tariffs would do to the country. They see it first hand the first time. You would have thought they would have warned us. But they did not. Why?

So with all that we knew about him, he still won. #BlametheVoters

We all know who and what Sean Payton is. We know. It shows.

Cool, but how will they vote?

It’s real easy to do nothing when your base do not hold you accountable.

So are you ready to blame the voters yet?

Maybe I am reading too much 19th century history, but I can see the proverbial “hand writing on the wall.”

That’s good, but how will they vote?

Yes, but how will they vote?

I tried to tell you: kickers are important. Get yourself a good kicker.

Observation: The way the referees are calling pass interference. I am surprised that many more teams don’t go deep. Just throw it up. It’s a good chance you will get the call.

Conservatives read history. They know what they are doing.

As usual, Corrigan putting in that work! 👇🏾👇🏾

May you have a blessed day! #inspiration #breakthrough #happiness #GLife #joy

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But how will they vote?