Politics & Society
The Asian American Christian Collaborative’s efforts to confront anti-Asian racism in the church
The pandemic has made an existing problem worse.
I was afraid to protest in Kenosha, but my parishioner needed me
The city felt like it had been sucker punched.
The struggle to live in unity when everything’s divided
We know how to wield a sword, but nobody taught us how to cultivate a field.
Eddie Glaude revisits James Baldwin’s America
Begin Again’s call to repentance is, like Baldwin’s own language, substantially Christian.
Islamic loyalty is declining in Iran
What’s replacing it?
Why I’m not participating in this weekend’s Faith and Blue event for churches and police
The problem isn’t police-community relations. It’s our acceptance of a broken system.
Police shouldn’t be the first responders for mental health crises
When they are, the result can be deadly.
Loving your neighbor starts with the people on your block
My five-year-old parishioner spent the summer going door to door.
Sexual assault is a public health issue
Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan’s study of agency, consent, and sex on college campuses
When the wildfires came to my house, I remembered the garden of Eden
Here in Oregon, the consequences of our actions are burning all around us.
Can the religious left be as effective in Washington as it’s been on the streets?
Jack Jenkins’s book is informative and persuasive, if not exactly unbiased.
I May Destroy You takes us on a quest for wholeness
As Arabella struggles to remember the night she was assaulted, other memories emerge as well.
Michael Cohen’s tell-all about Trump is mostly about himself
The moral lessons of his humiliation and imprisonment seem fairly limited.
Trump’s eviction moratorium doesn’t help tenants pay their rent or landlords pay their mortgages
A real solution would require a large infusion of cash.
The way we build our cities is racist
American buildings, streets, and neighborhoods don’t just host oppression—they embody it.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg saw the biblical Deborah as a role model
When I asked her why, she talked about another role model: Pauli Murray.
To understand African Christianity, remember the Battle of Adwa
In 1896, a Christian army from Ethiopia defeated the Italians.
Why didn’t the police show any empathy for Daniel Prude?
Jesus, too, encountered a naked man living with mental torment. He responded quite differently.
From black and white to Black and White
Why we’re capitalizing terms for racial identity
White supremacy is a script we’re given at birth
It’s written in our flesh and rehearsed throughout history.