racism
Working within neighborhoods to end mass incarceration
"By building social capacity, communities can respond to their own issues rather than rely on responses from the criminal justice system."
Elizabeth Palmer interviews Leon Sawh
Innocent on death row
Two memoirs by men who endured decades of criminal injustice before being exonerated
by LaVonne Neff
Ten myths white people believe about racism
It’s not our problem. Education can fix it. Only extremists are racist.
Identifying white fragility
Real talk about racism requires getting past knee-jerk reactions.
What created the unnatural disaster in Flint
Mona Hanna-Attisha and Anna Clark explore the crisis from inside and out.
by Tommy Airey
How I got schooled by Franchesca Ramsey’s hilarious memoir
Ramsey shows the high stakes (and common mistakes) of online activism.
Take & read: New books in practical theology
Pastoral, prophetic, and political
selected by Mary Clark Moschella
Racism, sexual predators, and my experiences with both
I’ve re-watched the footage of Anita Hill.
The ghosts and the not-yet-dead
Jesmyn Ward’s novel is a descent into hell on earth. I couldn't put it down.
by David Crowe
The Second Amendment is racist at its root
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's social history highlights who's at the other end of the barrel.
by Chris Hammer
Katie Geneva Cannon raised up black women’s voices for the sake of church and world
Cannon created a womanist approach to theology and wove it through her vocation as a pastor, professor, and ethicist.
Starting a conversation about anti-blackness
Christians helped create it. Can we help destroy it?
Helping white people talk about racism—with each other
Carolyn Helsel's guidebook is insightful, sensitive, and deeply practical.
NFL players are human beings with rights
The league—and many fans—treat them as cogs without agency.
Lynched but not forgotten
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice represents a watershed moment in the idea and practice of what a public memorial can be.
by Pete Candler
Tracy K. Smith’s lovely, unflinching poems
Smith is acutely aware of injustice and violence—and remarkably hopeful about the possibility of reconciliation.
Take & read: New books in ethics
What does hope look like in the face of racism?
selected by Jonathan Tran
The black social gospel and the civil rights movement
Gary Dorrien chronicles the influential—but often forgotten—work of Mordecai Johnson, Benjamin Mays, and Howard Thurman.
by John Fea
Clarence Jordan's radical experiment in following Jesus
What makes a person able to see evil and stand against it without fear?