Black Lives Matter
Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement: AnneMarie Mingo
By Ray Kirstein — March 16, 2024
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Dr. AnneMarie Mingo, author of the new book "Have You Got Good Religion? Black Women's Faith, Courage, and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement."
Protesting for Palestinians is necessary, but stopping the war will take more
By Andre Henry — February 28, 2024
(RNS) — If a movement can’t do more than protest, it’s just begging.
With George Floyd in mind, Bible co-editors created Breathe Life Bible
By Adelle M. Banks — February 13, 2024
(RNS) — After the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer, the co-editors of the new Bible say they felt compelled to do something.
A new biblical epic, ‘The Book of Clarence,’ captures the political side of the messiah
By Andre Henry — January 11, 2024
(RNS) — An irreverent biblical comedy counters decades of whitewashed and stiff-necked biblical narratives.
Black American solidarity with Palestinians is rising and testing longstanding ties to Jewish allies
By Noreen Nasir and Aaron Morrison — December 18, 2023
(AP) — The recent rise of protest movements against police brutality in the U.S. has connected Black and Palestinian activists under a common cause.
Mushrooms and Misbehaving Men + Gloria Purvis on Black Lives Matter
By Roxanne Stone — November 30, 2023
A religion beat roundup. Plus, Gloria Purvis on why racial justice should be an extension of the church’s holistic pro-life ethic.
Judge awards Black church $1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest
By Associated Press — July 2, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — The extremist group and its leaders were also barred from coming near the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Jordan Neely’s killer doesn’t have hate in his heart. It’s in his hands.
By Andre Henry — June 5, 2023
(RNS) — Penny shouldn't be offered up as a scapegoat for a society that treats Black people as disposable.
For BLM’s Patrisse Cullors, art is a vocation and salvation
By Jocelyn Noveck — April 14, 2023
Through controversy and personal tragedy, Cullors has focused on her art practice and its themes of race and religion.
In LA, activists ‘summon spiritual energy’ to seek justice for Keenan Anderson
By Alejandra Molina — January 15, 2023
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — A vigil on Saturday for Keenan Anderson was not a protest but a 'spiritual gathering,' said Melina Abdullah, co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter.
Urbana missions conference that once drew 20,000 expected to fall far short
By Bob Smietana — December 14, 2022
(RNS) — Organizers believe that the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and a struggling economy have likely caused attendance to falter.
How Chappelle’s antisemitic ‘SNL’ bit betrays Black liberation
By Andre Henry — November 17, 2022
(RNS) — The comedian never misses an opportunity to minimize the abuse of oppressed people not his own.
On Yom Kippur, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg explains why repentance is so important
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2022
(RNS) — Society often expects victims of harm to forgive their perpetrators, regardless of whether they've cleaned up their act, says Ruttenberg. Judaism offers another way.
If I can rage about Black Lives Matter, I can hear Black women rage about Black men
By Andre Henry — August 31, 2022
(RNS) — What I expect from my persecutors I should expect of myself when I’m called out for persecution.
First transgender bishop of largest Lutheran denomination resigns
By Alejandra Molina — June 7, 2022
(RNS) — ‘The constant misinformation, bullying and harassment has taken too hard a toll in the Synod I love, my family and myself,’ said the Rev. Megan Rohrer.
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