Reconnect Brooklyn is investing in people rather than properties, the residents who are struggling to remain in Bed-Stuy amid rising costs.
Racial Justice
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Chicago Remembers Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African-American to win a Pulitzer
Gwendolyn Brooks’ poetry presented readers with a look into the life of African-Americans.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
If you’re so depressed you can’t get off the floor, how can you get into the confessional?
Talking about mental health isn’t easy. And when you throw faith into the mix it often becomes even harder. Many Catholics mistakenly think that needing mental health treatment amounts to a kind of spiritual failure. This week, we talk with writer Simcha Fisher, author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, about how she […]
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
Afro-Latina artist reimagines Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam”
At first encounter, Harmonia Rosales’s “The Creation of God” is striking. It is beautiful and familiar. Like Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam,” Rosales’s painting portrays the creation of humankind. However, the skin tones, gender and story being depicted by the artist are strikingly different.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Is democratic policing the answer to law enforcement abuses?
If we expect law enforcement personnel to do their jobs properly, radical change is necessary.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
How ‘The Defender’ both reported and made history in the African-American community.
The Defender was an essential community institution that shaped black ideas, politics and social life.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Can a coloring book help heal Chicago’s racial divide?
Mr. Thompson, one of the first African-Americans hired by a major Chicago advertising agency, is on a crusade to convince people of all races that this is not a black or white matter. Human beings represent a range of color.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Emmett Till: the lynching that shook the conscience of the world
One cannot begin to understand the current deterioration of American race relations without confronting the enduring realities of white supremacy present in the case of Emmett Till.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
What does it mean to be a Christian rapper? A conversation with Sho Baraka
Christian rapper Sho Baraka makes his faith a part of his art, but he doesn’t proselytize.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
What can Beyoncé and Pope Francis teach us about love?
Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ and ‘Amoris Laetitia’ were released a year ago. Both offer an important—often fundamentally different—look into love and marriage.