I never imagined my vocation as a Dominican sister would entail being arrested by the Secret Service and spending a night in the Washington, D.C., Central jail.
Civil Rights
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Bernice King: We need Christians like my father in today’s social justice movements.
Gloria Purvis talks with Bernice King about how white Christians have responded to racist incidents, the concept of racial colorblindness and the New Testament roots of nonviolent resistance.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Cuban religious superiors: We hear ‘God’s voice’ in the cries of protesters
Cuba’s religious superiors endorsed “the principle that all citizens have a legitimate and universal right to express their grievances in an orderly and peaceful way in public” and urged the immediate release of detained protesters.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Black Catholic nun: ‘The right to vote is a right-to-life issue.’
Protection of voting rights is a moral issue, according to Sister Anita Baird, who was on a panel discussion during a June 21 online forum on voting rights sponsored by Georgetown University.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Who is Father Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest (still) sitting in an Indian prison?
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy remains incarcerated in Mumbai after a judge denied his bail request. Father Swamy’s arrest almost six months ago followed a two-year-long period of interrogation, raids of his home and seizure of his personal property, including electronic communications devices.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Purity culture, racism and the violence against Asian women in Atlanta
The fatal attack on Asian women in Atlanta was foreseeable, writes Flora x. Tang. It was the product of ideologies that relegate women as the source of blame for men’s desire.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Rep. Joaquin Castro: It’s time for a Latino secretary of agriculture
Congressman Joaquin Castro writes that Arturo S. Rodriguez, former president of the United Farm Workers, would be a champion of social justice as U.S. secretary of agriculture.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Louisville archbishop: We all must now work together for racial justice
“There is no question that our nation’s original sin of racism continues to destroy and harm the lives of persons of color and that racism extends through so many systems of our society … educational, economic, religious, housing, criminal justice, voting and employment,” Archbishop Kurtz said.
Posted inArts & Culture, News
Chadwick Boseman: Man of faith in real life, ‘Black Panther’ on screen
Chadwick Boseman, who was most known for playing the superhero in the title role of “Black Panther,” was a person of faith from childhood who shared biblical wisdom along the path of his career.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
A final Freedom Ride: Kerry Kennedy remembers John Lewis
I asked Mr. Lewis how he felt then, four and half decades after being bludgeoned by state troopers. He replied with one word: “Grateful.”