Ta-Nehisi Coates
Reparations campaign takes new forms with Bible study, Juneteenth march
By Adelle M. Banks — June 12, 2023
(RNS) — 'The case for restitution and restoration is laid out across the Old Testament and New Testament,' reads the introduction of the National Council of Churches' study.
Biden’s $10,000 student debt forgiveness plan ignores the economics of race
By Cassandra Gould — August 26, 2022
(RNS) — Pardon me for not feeling compelled to celebrate what is for many Black and brown Americans a non-event.
The impeachment vote was a vote for white supremacy
By Andre Henry — February 19, 2021
(RNS) — The refusal to confront the white supremacy at the Capitol is a refusal to reconcile America’s lofty democratic rhetoric with the state of its floundering institutions.
Renaming BYU buildings after non-racists, and other ways to dismantle white supremacy in Mormonism
By Jana Riess — June 19, 2020
Joanna Brooks's new book on the legacy of white supremacy in Mormonism could not have been published at a more significant moment.
In some churches, talk of reparations draws a hearing
By Jesse James DeConto — November 9, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Harvey’s 2014 book, “Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation,” has led to speaking engagements at United Church of Christ gatherings, Presbyterian assemblies and college campuses.
Black churches bucking the trend of decline
By Adelle M. Banks — August 13, 2015
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) A recent Pew Research Center survey showed that historically black denominations are not losing their share of the U.S. population. Why is that?
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