Charles Millson

Charlie Millson works in rural middle Tennessee with a food bank and ministers a small church. He's spent time teaching and ministering in the Memphis area and logged two years teaching in Romania, where he adopted his son, Shawn, 16 years ago. He's also the father of a 5-year-old bulldog named Bucky.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Charles Millson

Opinion

Letter from the heartland: Who should get the scholarship?
June 13, 2013 By Charles Millson
Recently, I had an opportunity to be a part of a committee that was awarding scholarships to local students.
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Opinion

Letter from the heartland: Getting rid of blue votes
June 6, 2013 By Charles Millson
his week we got news that the way we vote here in rural Tennessee has been changed dramatically.
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Opinion

Letter from the heartland: Fried in capitalism’s frying pan
May 30, 2013 By Charles Millson
At the Liars' Table you need thick skin and working-class sensibilities that the collective good and the common weal will overcome.
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Opinion

Letter from the heartland: Silent factories, human pain
May 23, 2013 By Charles Millson
High unemployment, the paycheck-to-paycheck population of the area, and the increasing incidence of spousal abuse, teen pregnancy and drug use still dominate daily life.
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Opinion

Letter from Puerto Rico: A workers’ commune flourishes
May 14, 2013 By Charles Millson
In the village where we stayed, we heard stories of a "fishing commune" nearby. That description demanded that we investigate.
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U.S.

Groundbreaking Southern Worker now available online
June 19, 2012 By Charles Millson
The Southern Worker, a newspaper published by the Communist Party in Birmingham and Chattanooga from 1930-37, can now be found online.
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