The question is: Are we white people going to listen or not?
Source: Huffington Post | Tom Driver
"America, we have a problem."
Source: Los Angeles Times | Kevin Baxter
Seven more states signed on to a lawsuit challenging President Obama’s executive action halting the deportation of as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants, bringing the total to 24 states.
Source: Catholic News Service | Mark Pattison
A new coalition has been formed to bring about the end of the death penalty in the United States.
Source: The Tablet | Jim Wallis
The Church must work with young leaders like those we met with in Ferguson to help America find its way forward.
Source: Christian Post | Samuel Smith
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty announced on Tuesday the launch of a new coalition to pressure state governments to end capital punishment.
Source: Religion News Service | Jonathan Merritt
Perhaps this isn’t the time for me–and other white Christians–to speak. Maybe we should listen instead. To people of color. To our brothers and sisters.
Source: Religion News Service | Adelle M. Banks
White Christians, including evangelicals, have grown more vocal in urging predominantly white churches to no longer turn a blind eye to injustice and to bridge the country’s racial divides.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
America, we have a problem. It's past time to fix it, and the church must stand alongside a new generation of young leaders and help the nation find the way forward.
Source: The Ed Show | Ed Schultz
Calm demonstrations continue across the country, as protesters demanded justice for Michael Brown and future cases. Ed Schultz, Activist T-Dubb-O, Rev. Dr. William Barber, and Jim Wallis discuss.
Source: Huffington Post Live | Marc Lamont Hill
What do the killing of Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown tell us about race in America?
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
The verdict on America's criminal justice system is already in for many Americans: guilty, for treating young black men differently than young white men.
Source: Imperial Valley Press | Mark Kellner
Religious leaders from across the theological and political spectrum are calling for peace — with some adding demands for social change — in the aftermath of a Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, over the Aug. 9 shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Source: Relevant Magazine | Lisa Sharon Harper
We asked Lisa Sharon Harper to answer a few questions about the verdict, the broader context behind the protests and what it all means for Christians.
Source: The Age | Nick O'Malley
Tamir Rice, 12, was with his sister and a friend in a gazebo in a Cleveland park on Saturday when a rookie cop shot him in the chest.
Source: Christian Post | Lisa Sharon Harper
As the church considers the events of these days, the greatest challenge we face is this: Will we allow our view of "what we see" to go unexamined?
Source: Christianity Today | Ed Stetzer
In light of the grand jury decision handed down tonight, it is of utmost importance that all Christians, but specifically white evangelicals, talk less and listen more.
Source: Huffington Post | Sam Stein, Elise Foley
After years of pushing the Obama administration to grant protections to undocumented immigrants, advocacy groups are now gearing up to make sure that policy actually works.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
Tonight, faith leaders and all those who have spent years trying to fix our broken immigration system should feel gratitude toward President Obama.
Source: Christian Post | Leonardo Blair
Members of the EIT have expressed divided positions on how President Obama has decided to help the strangers living in the shadows.