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Racial Justice
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Georgetown Jesuits enslaved her ancestors. Now she’s working for justice.
Onita Estes-Hicks has been Catholic her entire life. But her relationship with her faith was forever changed in 2004.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Cupich apologizes for Farrakhan visit to Chicago Catholic Church
“Minister Farrakhan could have taken the opportunity to deliver a unifying message of God’s love for all his children. Instead, he repeatedly smeared the Jewish people, using a combination of thinly veiled discriminatory rhetoric and outright slander.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
South African archbishop says oppression of migrants recalls apartheid
A South African archbishop has urged the government to act against xenophobic attacks, which have increased as general elections approach.
Posted inFaith, News
Georgetown students vote for student fee to pay reparations over slavery
The fee would be $27.20 per semester and the figure represents the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals by the Maryland province of the Society of Jesus province for the benefit of Georgetown University.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
The editors on Marian Anderson’s exclusion from Constitution Hall
In 1939, the editors spoke out against the Daughters of the American Revolution when the group tried to prevent Marian Anderson from performing in Constitution Hall. Anderson performed instead at the Lincoln Memorial before a crowd of 75,000.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
100 investigators probing fires that destroyed three black churches in Louisiana
The State of Louisiana currently has about 100 investigators trying to determine the cause of the recent spate of fires devastating a number of historically African American churches throughout the state.
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For storied civil rights center, Highlander Center fire is an echo of the past
The local sheriff said the fire may have been intentionally set, after a “symbol connected to the white power movement” was found spray-painted in the parking lot. On April 4, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress that white supremacy is a “persistent, pervasive threat” to U.S. security.
Posted inFaith, News
Authorities investigate ‘suspicious’ fires at black churches
Authorities in southern Louisiana are investigating a string of “suspicious” fires at three African American churches in recent days.
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New Zealand Mosque shooter: a white nationalist seeking revenge
That rampage killed at least 41 people, while an attack on a second mosque in the city not long after killed several more.