“Surrounded as I am by this great cloud of witnesses, a cloud of witnesses who has been trampled and persecuted for everything from leggings, hairstyles, weight, to the sound of our voices, I can't help but think the American Church stands at a threshold when it comes to women's leadership in the church …”
2. The History and Political Power of Black Motherhood
A Q&A with Dani McClain, author of the new book We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, and how it addresses some of the problems black mothers face — and uncovers solutions.
3. Photos: Scenes from London’s Extinction Rebellion
More than 1,000 people have been arrested protesting poor climate policies.
4. The Blackfeet Nation Is Trying to Open Its Own National Park
“[Ed] DesRosier was responding to a common problem: Despite the fact that they comprise the ancestral lands of hundreds of tribes, few national parks offer visitors the sort of nuanced Indigenous view that DesRosier wanted to provide.”
5. Unpacking Weird Internet’s Trump Iconography
“As Trump’s support from many has morphed into worship, memes have become the iconography of the nascent Trump cult. And just as Christian iconography communicates to the viewer important characteristics of our faith, Trump memes are darkly revelatory.”
6. Activists, Suicide Prevention Groups Seek Bans on Conversion Therapy for Minors
So far 16 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico have banned the practice. Colorado is expected to sign a ban into law soon.
7. Will Medical Monopolies Get Worse?
New cancer medicines average over $100,000 per patient. Some medicines are now priced as high as $750,000.
8. Meal Kits Have Smaller Footprint Than Grocery Shopping, Study Says
Food waste and transport are a huge contributors.
9. The Cost of Nonviolent Faith in a Hyper-Militarized World
“It’s easy to be dismissive of the peace church witness as overly simplistic. After all, aren’t we all bound up in systems of state coercion and violence? And yet I am thankful that, generation to generation, a people have stood as a witness to the trauma of war, to the trouble of state-coercion, to the power of nonviolent love to transform our world.”
“Rather than accept that the United States is ever proudly marching forward toward progress, enlightenment, and democracy, American Messiahs makes plain that we have always been a nation waiting on the cusp of the Millennium, and that time and time again we’ve turned to the prophets shouting that the End is close.”
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