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The generations of hurt that the Chauvin conviction can’t heal
We are disguising our collective wounds instead of treating them.
What kind of justice did Derek Chauvin’s trial achieve?
The verdict of a court is not the final verdict of a society.
The Derek Chauvin trial held one bad-apple cop accountable
But what about the rest of the barrel?
Iconographer Kelly Latimore sees God in plain sight
“People asked, ‘Is it George Floyd or Jesus?’ My answer was yes.”
Why are so many white Christians suddenly standing up for racial justice?
It might help that our pews aren’t available to sit in and pray.
The urgent need for deep changes in American policing
Are the police meant to protect people? Or to fight them?
Being church while the neighborhood burns
“There’s a fire that cannot be extinguished except by justice.”
The additional violence of George Floyd’s autopsy report
It’s getting harder to believe in the vindication of history.
The killing of George Floyd and the meaning of kneeling
When we see a white police officer kneeling on a black body, squeezing the breath of life out of that body, we are witnessing an act of worship.