Religion Archive
Archives for June 2015
Unfortunately, this wouldn’t be the first time the houses of worship have been attacked.
Here’s what predominately white churches can learn from President Obama’s Charleston eulogy.
It was one of the most powerful speeches of Obama’s presidency.
“A means of control. A way to terrorize and oppress.”
Generations of fighting for same-sex rights, access to health insurance, fair housing, and the end of racist symbols yielded big victories for progressives all at once.
The Supreme Court punted on whether it’s okay to discriminate against LGBTQ people on religious grounds.
He and Jessica Williams poked fun at this depressing phenomenon in a conversation about the Confederate flag.
Pope Francis wants the world to reject the cult of economic growth and material accumulation.
The Confederate flag ‘shouldn’t fly anywhere,” Hillary Clinton said Tuesday. And she said just pulling it down doesn’t go far enough.
One of the most dangerous myths about hatred of black people is that it will disappear on its own.
The flag only gets to be a cultural symbol because Americans don’t remember what the Civil War was really about.
Hillary Clinton focused on racism and guns in a speech on Saturday, seizing the reasonable center after Republican candidates refused to address them in the wake of the Charleston murders.
Was the shooting that killed nine people in Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church on Wednesday terrorism?
For most of American history, “terrorism” has referred to acts committed by white people against black people.
A lot of Republicans have trouble talking about race.