“Integrated into a Burning House?”: A Pre-Inauguration Conversation with Rev. Cecil Murray
RD met with Rev. Cecil Murray to discuss how the black church’s past might inform his future.
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#WhiteChurchQuiet: Anything but Outrage Is Complicity
Why is it always “courageous” to stand with Black people?
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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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The Problem We All Live With: Bearing Witness, But Never Finding Justice
We do not love ourselves. We have become cavalier with each other’s lives and we,…
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#BlackLivesMatterStill: We Cannot Let Anyone Else Define Our Movement
Words are insufficient. Words—like horror, atrocity and domestic terrorism—are inadequate. Words—like sin, evil and blasphemy—are…
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Rev. William Barber: Speaking “Truth that Empowers”
I moved to the Triangle area of North Carolina in 2014, and I had only…
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#VanillaISIS, White Tears and the Adventures of Captain Moroni
Reading between the hashtags as Twitter responds to the Oregon standoff.
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Ten Religion Stories That Went (Mostly) Missing in 2015
Once again, RD’s editors have asked me to think about stories at the intersection of religion and…
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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…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter Activists Disrupt Presidential Candidates at Activist Conference
You may have heard that there was a spot of bother at Netroots Nation this…
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