Articles About The Briar Patch

• The Briar Patch | A fork in the road

  By Cheryl DurgansDecember 5, 2024

  

  “On election night, Tuesday, Nov. 5, most voting Americans, particularly Protestant and Catholic white Christians, chose a vision of fascism and fear in the name of Jesus. Dietrich Bonhoeffer must be weeping in his grave.”

• The Briar Patch | I will not privilege my ideals

  By Cheryl DurgansNovember 7, 2024

  

  “Black people living in this country have, for a long time, subordinated our ideals out of sheer survival. This election year is no exception.”

• The Briar Patch | Remembering Nancy Green

  By Cheryl DurgansJanuary 5, 2024

  

  “In many ways, art is one of the last bastions of propaganda that pushes racist and imperialist ideology through our visual engagement in society.”

• The Briar Patch— On kindness

  By Cheryl DurgansNovember 24, 2020

  

  And what would Cleola think of this iteration of kindness we are experiencing now? This market driven world of contemporary culture that has attempted to commoditize kindness into a kindness tourist destination trap.

• The Briar Patch— Did we ask permission?

  By YS News StaffNovember 2, 2020

  

  Community development — in all its forms — is an imperative question for the governance of our village.