civil rights
Trump’s religious advisers are out of step with Rev. King’s legacy
By R. Khari Brown — January 22, 2018
(RNS) — The council is largely out of step with the groups they claim to represent, religious Americans in general and evangelicals more specifically.
HHS Civil Rights Office to protect freedom of conscience
By Thomas Reese — January 19, 2018
When HHS does get around to writing its rules, it would do well to listen to the Catholic Health Association in developing rules that protect individual consciences but do not discriminate.
‘We got your back, Jack,’ conservative black clergy tell baker who refused gay couple
By Adelle M. Banks — October 23, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Their campaign includes provocative imagery certain to stoke the fierce debate surrounding an upcoming Supreme Court case.
My Sharpton problem — and ours
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 29, 2017
Has Reverend Al Sharpton changed? Let's hope so.
Why they should change the names of Hollywood streets
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 28, 2017
What do we do about places named for Confederate generals? Change the names.
‘We Shall Not Be Moved’ marchers honor King, fight fear of Trump
By Adelle M. Banks — January 14, 2017
(RNS) The mostly African-American throng, smaller than expected due to the rain, heard civic and religious leaders address health care, voting rights, economic equality and police reform.
President Obama designates historic civil rights sites including black churches
By Adelle M. Banks — January 13, 2017
(RNS) He cited the role of congregations in three new national historic areas in Alabama and South Carolina.
In her own words: Coretta Scott King on faith, materialism and grief
By Adelle M. Banks — January 13, 2017
(RNS) She helped type and edit her husband's sermons and rejected the asceticism he had wanted to model after traveling to India and studying Gandhi's words. Excerpts from her book, as told to the Rev. Barbara Reynolds.
Evangelical Christians are on the left, too
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 18, 2016
Despite the growth of movements such as the Moral Mondays, the Christian left often gets lost in media coverage during election cycles. And whatever coverage does take place is often limited to conservative Christians and the “red states” of the South.
US judge says funeral home had religious right to fire transgender worker
By RNS staff — August 19, 2016
(Reuters) A federal judge ruled that a Detroit funeral home that 'operates as a ministry' was exempt from a law protecting transgender employees because of its owner's Christian beliefs.
Jews to blacks: Thank you
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 16, 2016
Jews helped blacks in the civil rights movement, right? It turns out that Jews owe blacks as well -- more than you think.
Black lives matter. Does Israel?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 4, 2016
Black Lives Matter disses Israel. Jews are hurt. They should be.
John Lewis, ‘March’ team talk about faith and civil rights
By Adelle M. Banks — August 2, 2016
(RNS) Rep. John Lewis, 76, teamed up with congressional staffer Andrew Aydin, 32, and artist Nate Powell, 38, to create a three-part graphic novel series about his work in the civil rights movement.
Reason Rally organizes atheist vote
By Kimberly Winston — May 31, 2016
(RNS) The rally's main goal is to show that nonbelievers have the numbers, the clout and the organizational skills to be a voting bloc worth courting.
How the politics behind the bathroom wars hark back to old race-baiting
By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove — May 19, 2016
(RNS) Officials in many Southern state governments believe the only way they can win re-election is to focus attention on an enemy. Transgender people, it seems, are the scapegoat of 2016.
