Bishop Joseph W. Tolton: Black America must go global to defeat Project 2025 

As the U.S. presidential election draws near, it is imperative that Black Americans let their voices be heard about a crucial issue: The Christian supremacist movement driving Project 2025 is a highly racialized global operation intent on destroying the economic and social gains of Black people in America and Africa.& & A 920-page policy mandate drafted by many of Donald Trump’s allies, including the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, Project 2025 outlines a sweeping plan to overhaul the U.S. government, centralizing power within the presidency.& & & In America, the objective of Project 2025 is to dismantle the infrastructure of the civil rights movement and annihilate Blackness as a political identity. The insidious tactics by far right conservatives include: driving voter suppression& initiatives, ignoring gun violence in Black communities, promoting the heavy policing of Black bodies, ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, criminalizing reproductive health options, and demonizing trans people, which has a devastating impact on Black transwomen.& & Bishop Joseph W. Tolton As a young boy growing up in Harlem during the 1970s, I vividly recall the rise of Christian nationalism as my mother watched daily episodes of “The Praise The Lord Club,” featuring TV evangelists Jim and...