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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)

Trump Doesn't Want Law or Order. He Wants Chaos and Division

Trump's federal troops sow disorder wherever they're deployed. That's the point.

Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith ·

Republicans have doubled down on efforts to keep black people from voting in key races. (Photo: DonkeyHotey/Flickr)

What Trump and the GOP Learned from Obama

They learned to embrace popular organizing and to fear—and suppress—the black vote.

Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith ·

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