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Addressing educational inequity means loving other people’s children
Courtney Martin invites progressive parents to reckon with racial justice.
Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast shows how history repeats itself
His ongoing exploration of political instability feels excruciatingly relevant.
The Revolutions podcast makes history accessible through storytelling
“Podcasting offers a unique medium for improving a person's historical understanding while they're doing the dishes.”
The inequity caused by vaccine nationalism is deadly
Why many low-income countries aren’t getting the doses they need
September 5, Ordinary 23B (James 2:1–17)
Proclaiming God’s abundance or dwelling in perceived scarcity?
When localism becomes nationalism
At the farmers market, I found something I didn’t expect—White supremacists.
Lauren Redniss’s Oak Flat is about the conflict over sacred Apache land in Arizona
It’s also about a conflict within the order of the universe.
Vatican trial opens into financial scandal
A cardinal who allegedly induced an underling to lie to prosecutors. Brokers and lawyers who pulled a fast one over the Vatican’s no. 2 to get him to approve a disastrous real estate deal....
After lean year, MCC US donations exceed fundraising expectations
Despite the economic upheaval of a global pandemic, generous donors showed their compassion for people in need around the world by contributing $109.8 million to the US office of Mennonite Central ...
Descendants of enslaved people join dig on former Jesuit plantation
Vickie White Nelson, 49, has deep roots in southern Maryland....
Mary, mother of Jesus, returns as an icon for pop stars and activists
In recent months, rappers Lil Nas X, Bad Bunny, and Princess Nokia have all helped to spread a craze for Mary, mother of Jesus, by wearing designer Brenda Equihua’s splashy coats that commonly feat...
A birthday gift: Israeli woman donates kidney to Gaza boy
Idit Harel Segal was turning 50, and she had chosen a gift: she was going to give one of her own kidneys to a stranger....
Co-founder of Muslim civil rights group resigns, cites discrimination
In a June 21 blog post, Farhana Khera, cofounder and executive director of the civil rights group Muslim Advocates, said she had been forced out of her role due to gender and religious discriminat...
Stan McKenzie, husband of first female AME bishop, dies at 76
Stan McKenzie, the husband of African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, died on July 21 in Dallas after a brief illness. He was 76....
Edgardo Colón-Emeric begins tenure as dean of Duke Divinity School
Edgardo Colón-Emeric began his tenure as the dean of Duke Divinity School on July 1. He was appointed to a two-year term....
The labor that pays my salary
Survival under capitalism makes demands on our flesh—and some of us have to pay more than others.
Can John Rawls help Christians understand justice?
Two new monographs provide religious entry points into the political philosopher’s thought.
Restoring bicycles—and lives—in Memphis
Revolutions Bicycle Cooperative, a church-based bike shop with a social vision
An introduction to Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Michelle Duster situates her influential great-grandmother in the history of Black life in America.