Politics & Society
Beauty from ugliness on the US-Mexico border
Presbyterian border ministry in Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta, Sonora
Judaism scholar Susannah Heschel on her father’s legacy
“How does a political gesture become a moment of prayer?”
Paying the child tax credit forward
It’s a terrific policy for fighting child poverty. But my family doesn’t need the money.
US climate action at last?
Congress may finally be poised to do something, though not enough.
September 19, Ordinary 25B (Proverbs 31:10–31)
Does a good woman give and give and give without thought to her own well-being?
Fighting for the humanities at church-related colleges
“What good is a Methodist college that doesn't have religion professors?” asks one student.
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
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.
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.
The power of a swim-in
In 1964, Mimi Ford jumped into a pool—and changed the course of history.
Georgetown was built on the backs of enslaved people
Reparations for their descendants are a necessary, imperfect beginning.
Voter suppression is lethal to democracy
We can’t let the filibuster keep us from doing something about it.
In Mediterranean Europe, St. Benedict the Moor is back
The Afropean saint is reemerging amid a swelling African diaspora.