NEWS STORY
RNS-Tisby-QA: Jemar Tisby and Tyler Burns say black Christians ‘got to fight and have faith’
(RNS) — In the wake of the death of George Floyd under the knee of a white policeman, the leaders of the nine-year-old The Witness: A Black Christian Collective are finding themselves on both sides of the microphone. By Adelle M. Banks. 1,700 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Mosques-Racism: Mosques across America dedicate Friday sermons to condemning racism, police brutality
(RNS) — George Floyd’s killing was the last straw for thousands of Americans protesting against police brutality and systemic police racism. Muslim leaders say it may also, at long last, prove to be a tipping point for non-black Muslim communities. By Aysha Khan. 1,200 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Breonna-Taylor: Activists call for justice, equal remembrance of Breonna Taylor on her 27th birthday
(RNS) — On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday (June 5), some theologians and activists lament what they call an insufficient response to her March murder. Some say this is a symptom of the systemic devaluing of Black women. By Kathryn Post. 655 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Toyama-Szeto-Oped: Raise your signs and voices. Then raise your church’s race awareness
(RNS) — The church has so many resources at its disposal in terms of finances and people that can be put toward strategic action to change the racial climate of our society. After the protests are done, churches should look at their financial decisions, hiring practices and education programs through a lens of racial reconciliation. By Nikki Toyama-Szeto. 900 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Wallis-Oped: Prayer is essential. Protest is required. Policy is necessary.
(RNS) — I have never in my life seen so many white people who care so deeply about America’s Original Sin, structural racial injustice, and the 400 years of violence against black lives, following the lead of their black brothers and sisters to voice that concern to the police and military, and all the political leaders behind them. By Jim Wallis. 1,316 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Mayfield-Oped: Why American evangelicals are so tempted by the easy assurance of conspiracy theories
(RNS) — Conspiracy theories provide easy answers to intractable problems and confirm what we think we know about the forces that act on society. But like any easy answer they leave us vulnerable to more evils than the ones we fear. By D.L. Mayfield. 1,084 words. (category: k)
