The Non-Mask of the Red Death: A Deadly Necropolitics Hits Home
The shade of Edgar Allen Poe will perhaps forgive me for misappropriating the title of…
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Corporation as ‘Citizen’ is the Next Anti-Black, Anti-Democratic Model that Needs to be Torn Down
When Claudia Rankine was asked by The Guardian why she decided to give the title…
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The Economy is Racism: Ending Race-Based Economic Violence is the Real Challenge of This Moment
Please feel free to ignore the economists and pundits who like to say that Wall…
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Hope & Change in a Racist Nation: A Necessary Disillusion
I now live in a tiny state whose motto is “Hope.” When the pandemic struck,…
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‘We’re all in this together’: The Perils of Kumbaya Rhetoric
Talk is cheap, and sentimental talk cheapens public discourse in dangerous ways at a time…
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‘We Are Not the Country We Think We Are’; A Crucial Point That Faith-Lite Leaders Too Often Miss
Caring and sharing: that’s the theme of 99% of the faith community response to the…
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COVID-19 is Concentrating Wealth Even Further; Can we Talk About the Surplus of Powerlessness in the Faith Community?
With the Sanders candidacy now over—and with thanks to the NYT’s Elizabeth Breunig for her…
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Trump’s Potentially Deadly Easter Celebration Has His Daddy’s Pastor’s Magical Thinking Written All Over It
While most pandemic-aware Christian leaders have already canceled any public gathering for the Feast of…
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Funding of Religious Education is ‘6-Lane Highway’ Through Church-State Wall
Yesterday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of Montana’s ban on direct…
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Scholars Upset With ‘1619 Project’ Must Abandon Vision of ‘America the Righteous’
Living at a time when every day brings fresh horrors, and living as well through various…
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