race and racism
Trump’s language of evil
By Phyllis Zagano — February 16, 2024
(RNS) — A manner of speaking is infesting our politics that is insulting to both the subject and the listener.
The Supreme Court’s colorblindness
By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — June 30, 2023
(RNS) — It's a different colorblindness than the one envisioned in King's 'Dream' speech.
A welcoming church enhances communion and participation
By Thomas Reese — October 11, 2022
(RNS) — People want the church to be a home for the wounded and broken, not an institution for the perfect.
Grove City faculty say college is facing a ‘fight for the soul’
By Kathryn Post — May 9, 2022
(RNS) — A new report on critical race theory only added fuel to the dispute that has engulfed the Christian college.
7 things white Christians can do to address white supremacy at church
By Robert P. Jones — October 15, 2021
(RNS) — Simply start somewhere, and start somewhere local.
Christian ethicist Donald W. Shriver Jr., who called America to repent of racism, dies
By Yonat Shimron — August 9, 2021
(RNS) — The former president of Union Theological Seminary in New York, Shriver believed public repentance was the only hope for 'a future less evil than our pasts.'
Promise Keepers says it has changed. The times have changed more.
By Roxanne Stone — July 16, 2021
(RNS) — An organization once committed to a post-political future has reemerged into a culture entrenched in a bitter partisan battle.
From abortion and porn to women and race: How Southern Baptist Convention resolutions have evolved
By Ryan Burge — June 12, 2021
(The Conversation) — A religion data analyst scraped the texts of all Southern Baptist resolutions over the last 150 years. Here's what he found.
A former Confederate state just voted to abolish its death penalty. Here’s why that’s a big deal
By Shane Claiborne — February 5, 2021
(RNS) — Virginia has a special place in America's history of racial terror.
Writing the inspirational Sikh story my children — and everyone — need to see
By Simran Jeet Singh — August 25, 2020
(RNS) — If kids can learn to see the humanity of those who look different from them, they can learn to see the humanity in everyone they encounter — including their own.
Mental illness is hurting Black faith communities. Prayer shouldn’t be our only defense.
By Kenneth C. Ulmer — August 4, 2020
(RNS) — African Americans are more likely to go to the altar than go to a therapist. We need to acknowledge that professional help, when combined with prayer and with the comfort of a community of believers, is a gift from God.
The challenge civil rights giants leave us
By Jim Wallis and Adam Taylor — July 27, 2020
(RNS) — We can honor these civil rights giants by voting to elect leaders at every level who are committed to transforming public safety so that everyone can experience equal justice under the law.
Black Catholics’ history: Will US Catholic schools teach it?
By David Crary — July 27, 2020
(AP) — Top leaders are encouraging Catholic schools to place a new emphasis on teaching about racial justice, as well as the history of Black Catholics.
A Christian writer joined the Wall of Moms to protest in Portland. Then they were tear-gassed.
By Kathryn Post — July 22, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Within seconds, there’s flash-bangs at my feet, and we’re surrounded by tear gas. It was really disconcerting to realize how fast it happened, with no warning and no real reason.’
From King to Gandhi, racial justice brings faiths together
By Eboo Patel — July 16, 2020
(RNS) — Racial equity is a movement where people from different faiths meet, are inspired by one another and advance a cause that we view as a sacred command.
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