What We Cannot Do is Be Revolutionaries Except When We’re Mothering
“Children are the ways that the world begins again and again.” – June Jordan,…
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Why I Wrote the Freedom Seder And Why It’s Still Necessary 50 Years After Dr. King’s Assassination
Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, the transformation of my life began with the…
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White Christian Complaints About Religious Persecution Are Especially Ugly on MLK Day
The claims of religious persecution, particularly by cisgender, straight white men who run multi-million-dollar advocacy groups, are especially heinous on a day intended to commemorate Dr. King’s life.
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In Trump’s America, a Reminder of Our Prophetic Past
Read about some “fearless American originals” as we stare down the barrel of a Trump presidency.
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A History of Prophetic Black Preaching That Doesn’t Start or End With Dr. King
“We preachers who have come of age in the 21st century stand on tall shoulders and drink from cisterns and wells we did not dig.”
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“Religious Liberty” and the Origins of the Evangelical Persecution Complex
Last week, Roy S. Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, ruled that his state’s…
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An Open Letter to Black Clergy on the Disdain for Protest
Advent is upon us as we await the coming of the world’s most famous Palestinian—Jesus…
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Rallies Honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s Support of Organized Labor
But once again, Glenn Beck exhibits astonishing ignorance of history.
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