Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith

Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith

Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith is an ordained minister and the director of Crazy Faith Ministries in Columbus, Ohio. She serves on People For the American Way Foundation’s African American Ministers In Action. 

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"The national reckoning on racial injustice and police violence is long overdue," writes the author. (Photo: Shutterstock) Views
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Trump Doesn't Want Law or Order. He Wants Chaos and Division
Federal troops may be standing down in Portland for now. But Donald Trump has also dispatched federal agents to Cleveland, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, and Albuquerque. Trump claimed his orders are intended to “ restore law and order .” But this isn’t about restoring peace to our...
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Republicans have doubled down on efforts to keep black people from voting in key races. (Photo: DonkeyHotey/Flickr) Views
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
What Trump and the GOP Learned from Obama
As President Trump’s impeachment unspools, news coverage is buzzing about conspiracy theories and geopolitical rivalries. But at the root of Trump’s effort to extort Ukraine was a simple motive: Trump hoped to influence our elections to preserve his power and that of his associates. That has a lot...
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