Faith-Based Magazine Tackles Social Justice, Values

The latest issue of BothSides Newsletter, a magazine with distribution of 700,000-plus, covers such issues as parenting, race and economic class.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 21, 2007 –- The first 120,000 copies of BothSides latest issue will be released in parts of Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. on February 25, 2007 and February 28, 2007. Over 700,000 copies will be distributed throughout the entire metropolitan area. As an annual insert to the Washington Post it has become the largest African American, secular-focused, faith-based magazine in the U.S.

In BothSides Newsletter’s latest issue the magazine covers such issues as parenting, race and economic class.

More than any other single predictor, including race and economic class, the presence of both a mother and a father in the home is the single largest statistical determinant of whether a child will become part of the criminal justice system, earn a high school diploma, abuse an illegal substance or live in poverty

The central issue for my generation is no longer just the quest for equal rights but the fight for the family.

During slavery, a black child was more likely to grow up living with both parents than today.

Today, only 30 percent of all African American babies have both parents living together.

The Journal of Research on Adolescents

boys raised outside of intact marriages are more than twice as likely as boys in a two-parent home to wind up in jail. Each year a boy spends without a dad, increases his future incarceration by 5 percent.

BothSides does not fit neatly into political categories. The first edition roundly criticized the legalization of same-sex marriages. The second edition criticized the Republican Party’s position on Affirmative Action and Race relations in general. BothSides represents the best of what Dr. Grier calls the “Emerging African American Church,” which is not devoted to either political party but is committed to the principles of social justice, religious tolerance and the values outlined in the New Testament.

Dr. Grier quotes a report published by Harvard University, “During slavery, a black child was more likely to grow up living with both parents than today.” He continues, “Today, only 30 percent of all African American babies have both parents living together.”

He also quotes “The Journal of Research on Adolescents,” which states that “boys raised outside of intact marriages are more than twice as likely as boys in a two-parent home to wind up in jail. Each year a boy spends without a dad, increases his future incarceration by 5 percent.” Although, he celebrates the powerful role the single mother has played in raising children, he feels the trend toward single parenting is cause for alarm.

Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church in College Park Maryland writes an informative article on how to develop trust in relationships. Several other prominent members of the clergy from the Washington, DC metropolitan area and across the country answer questions on marriage and family in the “Dear Pastor” section.

Dr. Derek Grier
Editor
BothSides Newsletter
17889 Fraley Boulevard
Dumfries, VA 22026
Ph: (703) 445-1299
Editor @ BothSidesNews.org
www.BothSidesNews.org

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