November 12, Ordinary 32A (Matthew 25:1–13)
The Bible, so often used as enslaved people’s yoke, became their cry for freedom.
The duly elected Black men expelled from a state legislature—155 years ago
The expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson recalls the Original 33, expelled by Georgia’s anti-Reconstruction White majority in 1868.
On the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, I remember my Black father’s military service
He prayed things would get better. It’s not too late.
Can offensive monuments from the past help hold us accountable today?
Perhaps the names once chosen for honor can now spark meaningful conversation.
Ahmaud Arbery’s lynching begs America to respond
What would it take to stop seeing neighbors as intruders and threats?
The coronavirus pandemic’s unequal burden on African Americans
A plague is being visited on all of us, but not evenly.