This week, we talk with Wajahat Ali, a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, where he covers religion, family life and U.S. politics.
Racial Justice
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
New Orleans Mayor confronts racism in new memoir
Landrieu’s push to remove Confederate statues is told through the lens of New Orleans’s chronic inability to address race and poverty.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
How painting can become an act of penance
Teaching in prison, and a racially charged encounter, amplified my consciousness of race in religious imagery.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Archbishop Gregory: Catholics must stand against race and gender injustices
Speaking in Chicago to a gathering of U.S. priests, Archbishop Wilton Gregory addressed racism, sexism and a host of other societal challenges that “continue to hold us captive.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Faith can help cleanse societal waters of racism, says Cardinal Wuerl
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said the concept of race is not a biological reality, but a social construct.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why it’s important for parishes to have difficult conversations about race and sex
Every Sunday we would encounter each other, serve food and wash dishes “hip to hip.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Starbucks closing stores for an afternoon for bias training
Starbucks, which once urged its employees to start conversations about race with customers, found itself through the looking glass: under fire for its treatment of black people.
Posted inFaith, News
Participants in interfaith rally resolve to continue Rev. King’s work
The rally featured clergy from numerous faith traditions, including Catholics, Orthodox Christians, various Protestant denominations, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Zoroastrians and others.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The death of Winnie Mandela marks the end of an era
The “struggle era” in South Africa is ending.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Black Lives Matter and Martin Luther King, Jr.: a story of human dignity
Our Mar. 28 guest is Nichole M. Flores, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. We discuss her recent article, “Martin Luther King Jr. and the dignity of the Black Lives Matter network.” We also discuss these articles: Everything you’re hearing about Katy Perry and the L.A. Catholic sisters is […]