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Dr. Lester A. McCorn
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18th President of Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. Advocate for social justice and liberation theology.
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Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
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November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Catholic Bishops Issue Rare Statement Objecting to U.S. Immigration Tactics
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November 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
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November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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How to Make Art Out of Confederate Monuments
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November 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Tyler, the Creator Always Does Things His Way
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October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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No Education Department? No Problem, Trump’s Education Secretary Says.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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September 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
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September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
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August 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now
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August 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Texas Democrats to Leave State to Stop Republicans’ Redistricting Plan
The walkout was a sharp escalation in the bitterly partisan clash over a congressional redistricting requested by President Trump.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.
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July 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Investiture of Dr. Lester A. McCorn | Paine College | Augusta, Ga | HBCU - Paine College share.google/3zsMY415FucX...
Investiture of Dr. Lester A. McCorn | Paine College | Augusta, Ga | HBCU - Paine College
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July 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Trump Administration Live Updates: White House to Release $5.5 Billion in Frozen Education Funds
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July 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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We Traced Pope Leo XIV’s Ancestry Back 500 Years. Here’s What We Found.
Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.
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June 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Both of Trump's biggest moves of the past week entail the evisceration of a constitutional role the Framers very plainly and expressly wanted Congress to play.
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution—and Congress Says Fine
The question regarding the Qatari plane deal isn’t whether it’s corrupt or illegal. It’s both of those. The question is, who will stop it?
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May 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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May 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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511 Black men are receiving their degrees from @Morehouse College right now.
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May 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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March 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Ministers Across the Nation Denounce Project 2025 - The Atlanta Inquirer
Movement for National Support Launched By Black Churches Reverend Dr. Joseph Evans and Reverend Dr. Warren H. Stewart, Sr. conceived and birthed the ‘Credo,’ a statement of beliefs that guide our belo...
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February 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Beachum Collection Exhibition
Kelvin Beachum is a veteran NFL football player who, with his wife, Jessica, uses art to illuminate American history and contemporary life. This exhibition at YDS features pieces of abstraction,
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February 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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A CREDO TO LEGATEES OF THE BLACK CHURCH TRADITION - Reel Urban News
Something For Sunday: JANUARY 2025 JUBILEE In the legacy of the Black Church tradition, we as legatees recognize [believe] the sacrificial witness and scholarship of Athanasius of Alexandria, Augustin...
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January 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Best Jazz Albums of 2024
Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge.
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December 31, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Jimmy Carter found a friend in Benjamin E. Mays
Months before his passing, theologian and American civil rights pioneer Benjamin E. Mays enjoyed a visit from his decadeslong friend, former President Jimmy Carter.
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December 31, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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McCorn will assume the presidency of Paine College on January 1, 2025.

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Rev. Dr. McCorn '88 selected as president-Elect at Paine College
The Morehouse College community celebrates the appointment of Rev. Dr. Lester A. McCorn, Class of 1988, as President-select of Paine College.
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December 24, 2024 at 1:29 AM