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The Dreamer Who Woke Us Up

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By Gloria ZuurveenSouthern Truth | Branch of Christ Outreach Ministry Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is often remembered as a dreamer. But the truth is deeper: Dr. King woke up. He woke up to the reality that freedom without economic justice is incomplete. He woke up to the truth that America’s promises were not being…

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What Would Dr. King Say Today? On Trump, Civil Rights, and a Nation in Turmoil

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By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief On this anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, America finds itself once again wrestling with questions of justice, inclusion, and the meaning of democracy — not in the quiet of Sunday speeches, but in the streets of Minneapolis, the hallways of courts, and the headlines of every news cycle.…

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The Southern Truth: Billionaires Cry Foul as Inglewood Stands Its Ground

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By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief After Judge Maurice Leiter ruled last August against granting an injunction to block the billboard contract that the City of Inglewood signed with another vendor, billionaires Stan Kroenke and Steve Ballmer have now bound together to try and get in on the action of a perpetual revenue stream currently flowing…

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Empire, Oil, and the Hardening of a Nation’s Heart

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Editor’s Note | A New Year, A Kingdom Focus By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Founder & Minister, BCOM As we enter a new year, Branch of Christ Outreach Ministry (BCOM) recommits itself to the original mission of the Church: to rightly divide the Word of God and apply it to the world as it is, not…

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Take a Look at the Kingdom of God

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By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Founder & Minister, Branch of Christ Outreach Ministry (BCOM)     Getting back to basics—Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (B.I.B.L.E.)—is what is necessary today for the solution to the ailments of lostness in the world we live in. Globally as well as locally, because I believe that the earth is the Lord’s…

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Reparations Are Not a Gift — They Are a Debt Long Overdue

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  THE SOUTHERN TRUTH By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief San Francisco has taken a step—an overdue one—toward reparations for Black people harmed by government-sanctioned discrimination, displacement, and theft. While the city’s newly approved reparations fund does not yet hold dollars, it does hold something just as important at this moment: acknowledgment. And acknowledgment is where truth…

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What’s Going On With This Gender-Care Matter?

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The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-ChiefFounder & CEO, Parent Action Coalition for Education (PACE) “Secretary Kennedy cannot unilaterally change medical standards by posting a document online. And no one should lose access to medically necessary health care because their federal government tried to interfere in decisions that belong in doctors’ offices.”  — Letitia James,…

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The Southern Truth: My Time with Hardtime — Alvincent Brunt

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THE SOUTHERN TRUTH By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief, PACE NEWS I was still Gloria Walker when Hardtime lived across the street. We called it Hudson Street, though in truth it was Hudson Lane—no pavement, no blacktop, just a gravel road scattered with rocks and filled with children from sunup to sundown. That road was our playground,…

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BankFirst Financial Services Under Scrutiny After $42,000 Removed From Disabled Veteran During Merger

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THE SOUTHERN TRUTH By Dr. Gloria ZuurveenEditor-in-Chief, PACE NEWS Coldwater, Mississippi—There is something deeply wrong when a bank that began in 1888 with just $20,000 in capital can grow—through decades of trust, pledges, and community faith—into a $2.7 billion financial institution, yet in 2025 allows more than $42,000 to be removed from the account of…

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