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Lupin and The Bureau toy with the fantasy of the master-hero
What happens when a genre series is detached from its White colonialist context?
Faith leaders hope Chauvin verdict lifts justice work
Faith leaders in Minnesota and across the United States expressed hope that their advocacy work for racial justice will gain momentum from the guilty verdict rendered against Derek Chauvin, the fo...
Sikh Coalition calls for White House liaison in wake of Indianapolis shooting
In the wake of the FedEx shooting in Indianapolis that left eight people dead, including four members of the Sikh community, the Sikh Coalition wants President Joe Biden’s administration to enact p...
MC USA publishes ‘defund the police’ curriculum
Mennonite Church USA, the largest Mennonite denomination in the United States, has published a free, nine-week study program aimed at helping people think creatively about what it means to defund t...
Antiracism task force proposes ways to end Church of England inaction over racism
A report aiming to tackle racism in the Church of England has recommended dozens of proposals to end decades of inaction, including the requirement that at least one ethnic minority candidate be in...
Months after Illinois congresswoman’s Hitler remarks, local Jews remain in pain
Shortly after US Rep. Mary Miller of Oakland, Illinois, said in a January speech that “Hitler was right” about youth indoctrination, Jewish leaders from the state arranged a Zoom call....
Likes and prayers: Facebook tests new ‘prayer post’ feature
When the unfamiliar pop-up touting a new feature appeared on Robert P. Jones’s Facebook feed, the CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute posted a screen grab to Twitter....
Celeste Kennel-Shank named Associated Church Press president
On April 8, Celeste Kennel-Shank, the Century’s former news editor and a current contributing editor to the magazine, was named president of the Associated Church Press....
Pastor and activist Ole Anthony dies at 82
Ole Anthony, a small-church pastor and activist who spent years investigating the lifestyles of rich and famous televangelists, died April 16 at the age of 82....
Sohaib Sultan, Princeton University's Muslim chaplain, dies at 40
Sohaib Nazeer Sultan, Princeton University’s Muslim chaplain and an interfaith leader, died April 16 after a yearlong battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was 40....
Episode 5: Pastor and activist Al Sharpton, author of Rise Up
A conversation with pastor and activist Al Sharpton about the George Floyd trial, Sharpton's upbringing in poverty, his relationship to James Brown, and more
The generations of hurt that the Chauvin conviction can’t heal
We are disguising our collective wounds instead of treating them.
Local flavor (Easter 5B) (John 15:1-8)
Some people can tell where wine or coffee is from just by tasting it.
Emptying the tombs of the city jail
“There’s a group of people outside,” I said through the intercom, “and they’ve raised money for your bail.”
What kind of justice did Derek Chauvin’s trial achieve?
The verdict of a court is not the final verdict of a society.
How Quebec went from one of the most religious societies to one of the least
Americans don’t have to look as far away as Europe for an example of how quickly secularization can come.
How a small group of activists took down the mining company destroying a Salvadoran watershed
This time, David beat Goliath.
We have to be willing to begin again
This is true of failures in writing, in faith, in life itself.