Rev. William Barber II
Kamala Harris holds private meeting with Rev. William Barber
By Jack Jenkins — February 15, 2024
(RNS) — The vice president sat down with Barber and the Rev. Kazimir Brown, head of Repairers of the Breach, to discuss poverty and Israel's ongoing assault into the Gaza Strip.
William Barber on recruiting low-wage voters, Biden’s record on poverty
By Kathryn Post — January 19, 2024
(RNS) — 'If you leave this many people in poverty and low wealth, you open up the door for demagogues and people who will use people’s fears and hurts against them,' said the Rev. William Barber.
Ahead of Andrew Brown Jr’s funeral, North Carolina clergy cry out for justice
By Yonat Shimron — May 1, 2021
(RNS) — For North Carolina clergy, the killing of an unarmed Black man by law enforcement is personal.
Facing changing spirituality on campus, historic chaplain groups merge
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — March 3, 2021
(RNS) — The merger is a response to increasing diversification of spiritual life at American schools, with students, faculty and staff pursuing not only a wider range of faiths but also no faith at all.
Why Indian activist Faisal Khan should matter to all Americans
By Timothy Dobe — December 11, 2020
(RNS) — An Indian Muslim's imprisonment may seem an unlikely cause to draw Hindus and Christians together.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove wants white evangelicals to reckon with the Bible
By Yonat Shimron — January 2, 2020
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — He holds out hope he can show them how he believes they’ve misread the Bible and help them discover, as he has, the black Southern freedom movement's focus on justice and freedom.
In remote Appalachia, liberal Christians gather at Wild Goose to pray — and plan
By Jack Jenkins — July 15, 2019
HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (RNS) — As the religious left exerts an unaccustomed influence on politics, this Christian festival has begun to draw recognizable names, including presidential candidates.
Boisterous faith leaders and a silent Pete Buttigieg rally against Trump at White House
By Jack Jenkins — June 12, 2019
(RNS) — Despite being repeatedly blocked by federal agents and the mysterious closure of a park across from the White House, the demonstrators still got their message of resistance to the president across.
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