During African-American History Month, we should embrace the radical Dr. King, who focused on the “triple American evils of racism, materialism and militarism.”

On January 21, 2019, Martin Luther King Day, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore issued his second pastoral reflection on racism in the last year. Entitled "The Journey to Racial Justice: Repentance, Healing and Action," the reflection discusses the various aspects of racism and what the church can do to combat it.

Like most public writers, I was used to getting notes that were crude, crazy or even mildly threatening. Normally, I would say a quick prayer for these obviously troubled people and get on with my day. This time it felt different, precisely because the author wasn’t insulting or obviously deranged.

In cities across the country, local activists marched in support of a progressive agenda centered on economic justice, racial justice and immigrant rights.

The virgin birth is the resurrection, being read into human sexuality

Confronted with a political candidate’s Islamophobic language, the author chose not to walk away or to pounce in anger, but to reach across a divide.