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Dear White Evangelicals: A Black Square Ain’t Gonna Cut It

By Jhas Williams

…r parents instill in them at home. And in my case, I went to school with a lot of white Christian children whose white Christian parents used scripture to further the narrative about anyone with my complexion that whiteness meant superiority—even in God’s eyes. Weekly chapel services were always held under the authority of preachers who never looked like me, and yet somehow each sermon had a tendency to circle back and attack the people who did. C…

Jesus Christ and Super Stars: How The Holy Rolled Mainstream in Pop Music

By Alana Massey

…features lyrics such as “You gave your body to the lonely/They took your clothes/You gave up a wife and a family/You gave your ghost,” which certainly sounds awfully close to the sacrifices of Jesus. And if that were not enough evidence, the concluding stanza contains the line, “To be alone with me and went up on the tree.” Now, it’s not impossible that Stevens is referring to a regular old meeting between two friends in a regular old tree as hav…

The Best the Largest Progressive Jewish Org Could Come Up With?

By Jay Michaelson

…d Jewish Funds for Justice, the latter of which had already swallowed up a number of smaller Jewish social justice organizations. I know several people who work at BtA, and I commend them on their ability to keep a secret. I and friends of mine plied several of these folks with drinks, but their lips stayed sealed. (I did find out that the org would have an action-verb in it, as is the fashion these days, but that’s all.) That being said, I’m not…