When a Pride March Means Owning the Shame of Racial and Economic Injustice
With its heavily-promoted #ResistMarch, the West Hollywood gay establishment is trying to signal that the usual…
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Storytime with David Brooks: In Which the Liberals’ Favorite Conservative Gets Lost in a Lily-White History
Personal research conducted among my lefty friends shows that for many liberals, reading David Brooks…
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Toward a Richer Ethical Discourse in Trumplandia: A Response to Harper’s “Trump: A Resister’s Guide”
The path to social democracy in the American context runs through American religion, not around it.
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Stronger Than We Look: Ten Tendrils of Hope for 2017
Readers are urged to quarrel with this list or make up their own list. The point is to keep hope alive.
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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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From Organized Religion to Organizing Religion: Brian D. McLaren Wants Christians to Be Better
In his new book, Brian McLaren argues that it’s not possible to break open a socially regressive Christianity without confronting the bad theology that places a vindictive God at the center of the universe.
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Pious White Reformers and Race, Then and Now
The old refrain that white liberals are the bane of systemic change applies differently when…
Read MoreDems’ “Great Satan” Strategy Falls Apart Right From Start
It’s those little Satans that spoil the broth?
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Yale Clings to Racist Legacy… And Cash. Lots of Cash.
God and Mammon at Yale.
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A Post-Dallas Challenge for Religious Progressives: Staying On Message About Structural Racism
The easily-predicted meme of the moment coming from law enforcement officials and their many political…
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