Islamophobia and Racism: Civil Rights at the Breaking Point
Author Erik Love answers RD’s 10 Questions
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“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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Sharing the Bad News of Donald Trump’s ‘Theology of Glory’
“Quite possibly, bearing the cross might mean opening our homes to immigrants, confronting our racist uncles at Thanksgiving dinner, taking to the streets, and putting our bodies on the line.”
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‘My Name is Legion’: Sources and Forces of White Supremacy in the U.S.
Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion, because…
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What the Ferguson Protests Mean for Religious Progressive Activism
Why are authorities responding to the protesters in Ferguson with tanks and tear gas, as…
Read MoreWhy Isn’t Ferguson the Start of a New Civil Rights Movement?
The news out of Ferguson has been dominated by discussions of police brutality and the…
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50 Years After ‘Dream’ It’s Time For Black Churches To Lead on LGBT
Here’s an idea for black churches: be justice churches.
Read MoreFrom Voting Rights Act to Today’s DOMA Repeal—LGBT Orgs Are Missing the Rainbow
Why the frail response by LGBT organizations to the Voting Rights Act repeal this week?
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The Racial Politics of Atheism
The absence of historical and sociological context for atheist politics, and its disconnection from social justice activism, will keep it in the lily-white one-percent column.
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The Curious Case of Mormons and LGBT Rights
Mormons seem unable to make up their minds about LGBT rights, torn between knowing discrimination exists and reluctance to endorse same-sex intimacy—much less same-sex marriage, which the Church considers a sin.
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