Opinion
What kind of justice did Derek Chauvin’s trial achieve?
The verdict of a court is not the final verdict of a society.
How did the Atlanta spa shooter get to that point?
Was there a void where his mind’s eye should have seen the humanity of the eight people, six of them Asian American women, whom he killed?
Oregon has shown us how to finally end the war on drugs
The promise of the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, which voters approved this week
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.
What Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination doesn’t mean
Don’t bother looking for the political significance of the Supreme Court nominee’s Catholicism. There isn’t any.
The way we build our cities is racist
American buildings, streets, and neighborhoods don’t just host oppression—they embody it.
The pandemic didn’t make our food system vulnerable
It always has been—because vulnerability is part of creation.
Why my church is done singing David Haas’s songs
It’s not because we don’t believe in grace.
Can offensive monuments from the past help hold us accountable today?
Perhaps the names once chosen for honor can now spark meaningful conversation.
Our pandemic slowdown has been good for the planet
What if we kept it going?
What if COVID-19 changes nothing?
People keep saying we’ll be forever transformed by this pandemic. I’m skeptical.
Why the Washington, DC, football team needed to change its name
This victory won’t amount to much if Americans don’t understand why racist team names are a problem.
Maybe this really is a time of divine judgment
Amid pandemic and protest, will we turn to each other and live?
Why are so many white Christians suddenly standing up for racial justice?
It might help that our pews aren’t available to sit in and pray.
The coronavirus lockdown was doomed before the mass protests began
Its demise came from the same system that killed George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
I teach conflict transformation. If Trump’s speech were a student paper, here’s how I would respond.
Like many people, I was outraged by President Trump’s speech and photo opportunity on Monday. Since I assess statements on violence for a living, I decided to offer him some feedback....