During an online discussion on faith and racism sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., said “if we do not know each other…we make it possible for hatred to grow.”
Racism
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Asylum at the border is ‘effectively over,’ El Paso bishop says
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas has said that the Trump Administration’s restrictive immigration measures are literally sending migrants to their death.
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Georgetown Law School forum examines reforming, transforming police
If police officers commit crimes while on duty, “the court has put up a number of hurdles to make it difficult to bring injunctive relief against an entire police department.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Thomas Jefferson’s life of promoting liberty—underpinned by slavery
Besides having a great mind, Jefferson had a great ego—also for good and ill.
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(Re)Making History
In his 90th year, the indefatigable historian John Hope Franklin has written his life story. More than any other scholar, Franklin has made African-American history an essential part of American history.
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Will this prophet be heard? America’s editors on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Vantage Point April 20, 1968: The editors on the death and dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.