the Web Editors 8-28-2020

Ongoing lament and protest again police brutality, the problem with chairs, and why 2020 is the most consequential election for Black Americans since 1868.

On Sunday, Aug. 23 at Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by Kenosha, Wis., police in broad daylight in front of his three sons ages 3, 5, and 8. The bullets damaged Blake’s spinal cord and left him paralyzed. His brutal shooting has not only left his body broken but it has also affected the psyche of his young children — another generation gripped by fear of police.

Podcast   8-25-2020

House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about voting rights ahead of one of the most important presidential elections in modern history.

the Web Editors 8-21-2020

More postal service frustration, how evictions threaten the vote, Little Free Libraries in COVID, and more.

the Web Editors 8-14-2020

The U.S. postal service, brick-powered homes, Noah’s Ark, Indigenous self-determination, and more

Hybrid model. Synchronous learning. Pandemic pod. These words have quickly become the new normal when parents talk about school this fall. Every school district is scrambling to figure out how to deliver quality instruction while keeping students, families, and educators safe from COVID-19. They face a dizzying array of conflicting choices and, maddeningly, there are no simple solutions. The entire schooling dilemma is like a proverbial house of cards: We gently pull out a single card and the entire creation collapses.

the Web Editors 8-07-2020

Religious freedom, the Black freedom struggle, Mike Pence’s anti-abortion message, and more.

Aaron E. Sanchez 8-06-2020

We live in the shadow of flags meant to forever hide us, to remind us we don’t belong.

We must continue to demand that our elected officials secure a deal that adequately helps all who need it, especially as current reporting suggests that the two sides are still far apart on what should be in the final bill.

Podcast   8-06-2020

Activist and civil rights organizer Bree Newsome Bass speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about the need for a racial reckoning.