social activism
30 years after Rodney King unrest, one faith leader’s vision still inspires LA
By Richard Flory and Najuma Smith-Pollard — April 28, 2022
(RNS) — ‘We may have set those fires, but we didn’t start those fires,’ said the Rev. Cecil Murray.
Why the Indian farmers’ protest victory is good for us all
By Simran Jeet Singh — November 23, 2021
(RNS) — The tiny difference between impossibility and implausibility can make all the difference in the world for us.
We reversed Trump’s immigration policy once. We’re back to fight ‘Remain in Mexico.’
By Marlena Graves — June 23, 2020
(RNS) — We are relaunching our campaign for those suffering from the United States’ ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, which effectively allows the Trump administration to wash its hands of asylum-seekers while claiming to be pro-life.
Three women of faith who changed America
By A. James Rudin — October 21, 2019
(RNS) — These three women — a Quaker, a Jew and a Roman Catholic — were polarizing figures who were often propelled by their faith into history.
Witchcraft becomes a political stance — and a booming business
By Tara Isabella Burton — February 14, 2019
(RNS) — Once a fringe spiritual practice, witchcraft has become a key, and increasingly popular, component of feminist political resistance.
Presbyterians demur on divestment from fossil fuels
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 25, 2018
(RNS) — For the third time in a row, the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly decided against divesting from companies heavily invested in fossil fuels.
Father Michael Pfleger: ‘Just a parish priest’
By Martin E. Marty — October 4, 2016
The people at St. Sabina, against all odds, hope for justice, compassion, care of the weak and needy, and then use that vision to help change the scene around them.
Page 1 of 1