Civil Rights’ Roughneck Preacher, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (1922-2011)
As a historian I actually like the no-nonsense preacher more than MLK.
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Rallies Honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s Support of Organized Labor
But once again, Glenn Beck exhibits astonishing ignorance of history.
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Will the Religious Side with Workers?
At this moment the embattled US labor movement urgently needs strong community-based allies and much greater moral legitimation, yet broad-based strategic and moral support from the religious side has been slow to materialize.
Read MorePawlenty Stars in American Civil Religion: The Movie
A mythical American history with Protestant sensibilities and heroes.
Read MoreWhat Was Your Sign?, Pro-War MLK, & Benched for a Headscarf
RD would like to see a tallit on the basketball court.
Read MoreGOP Hopeful Herman Cain: Jesus was “The Perfect Conservative”
Tea party favorite courts the religious right.
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King’s More Perfect Unions
A new book of Dr. King’s speeches to labor arrives just as union bashing is enjoying a resurgence.
Read MoreIllinois Pastors and Politicians Paint King as Homophobe
Once again the religious right has sought to recreate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in its own image.
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Captain America v. The Collective: Redemption in Tucson
Like superheroes, the Captain America redemptive hero does all the work, requiring no sacrifice from us. The prophetic model, like Martin Luther King Jr., asks us to see collective meaning in suffering.
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Misusing Cesar Chavez in Immigration Debate
Last week Harry Reid announced plans to use the brief lame duck congressional session to bring controversial Senate Bill 3963, known as the DREAM Act, to a vote of cloture. The DREAM Act would provide citizenship for an estimated two million undocumented residents who enroll in college or enlist…
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