While researching C.T. Vivian’s life, I had the honor of sitting with Vivian for hours, hearing about his life and work. “This was truly a religious experience,” he said. “People need to know that.”

the Web Editors 7-18-2020

Civil rights leader and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives John Lewis died on Friday at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

the Web Editors 7-17-2020

The death of a civil rights icon, people-pleasing during a pandemic, the impact of recent Supreme Court rulings, and more. 

Allie Blosser 7-17-2020

I spent a year collecting ethnographic data in a predominantly white, conservative, Christian K-12 school. It troubled me that my tax dollars were being used to support the kinds of teaching and discriminatory admissions practices I witnessed.

Podcast   7-16-2020

Dr. Eddie Glaude speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about the need for a profound change in America that he calls the "The Third Founding."

LaTesha Harris 7-16-2020
Rainbow flag outside of Stonewall Inn

“We know that the more places where a young trans person can show up in the world as their whole self, the better,” said Hartke. “So why not make church one of those places? Can we imagine a world where the church is the most supportive place in a trans person's life, rather than the place they fear the most?”

Jim Wallis 7-16-2020

Families are anxious to hear whether, when, and how schools will reopen. They can’t. And it’s because of a failure of leadership.

The universities argued the measure was unlawful and would adversely affect their academic institutions.

I worry my children will be stunted by the solitary nature of our lives. Like how a tree during a hard season slows its growth, a ring for a year of strain nothing more than a thin encasement, the depth of skin. We’ve spent months in isolation, only briefly in the midst of others, but never close enough to touch. 

Christina Colón 7-14-2020

On July 14 the federal government executed Daniel Lewis Lee — the first federal execution in 17 years.