Race

The United Church of Christ has been on the forefront of environmental justice since the 1980s, when it published Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States. That report revealed the disprop

Bart Campolo 7-10-2007

I'm not friendly with the white-shirted drug dealers who work the corners near my house yet, but at least they acknowledge me as a neighbor now, instead of looking me over as a prospective buyer

Rose Marie Berger 8-01-2006

Damu Smith, 54, founder of Black Voices for Peace and executive director of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, died of colon cancer on May 6, 2006, in Washington, D.C.

Members and associates of Holy Family Catholic Church in Natchez, the first African-American parish in Mississippi, played an integral role in the civil rights movement.

Laurna Strikwerda 6-01-2006

What does it mean to be female, Muslim, and American?

Ivy George 6-01-2006
The First World becomes a one-way destination point for children from the global South.
Robert Roth 6-01-2006
At its best the church is an "innocence project" for ourselves and others.
Donovan Jacobs 4-01-2006
Hollywood shows little respect for working-class and poor people.
The 'Triple-A' music format comes with a nice fit, but only for a few.
Deanna Wylie Mayer 1-01-2006

The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission held three public hearings between July and October last year to look at what happened at the November 3, 1979, Greensboro Massacre, when America

James Ferguson 12-01-2005
Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
Craig Detweiler 12-01-2005
Participating in the Divine
Julie Polter 5-01-2005

Why suburbs-on-steroids are wearing out their welcome.

Danny Duncan Collum 10-01-2004

How faith and a newspaper transformed a Mississippi community.

Race and politics in 2004.

David Hilfiker 5-01-2004
50 years after Brown, segregation remains in force.
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"State of the Dream 2004: Enduring Disparities in Black and White," released in January by United for a Fair Economy, catalogues the continuing and, in some cases, worsening gaps of income, wealth, poverty, health, housing, education, and imprisonment among African-American and white populations in the

J. Daryl Byler 9-01-2003

While many in the U.S. civil rights movement were busy integrating lunch counters, others took on an even tougher challenge—integrating U.S. churches.

Larry Bellinger 9-01-2001

Cornel West is nothing if not prolific.

Lloyd Wolf 7-01-2001

A remarkable program for black and Jewish teen-agers goes a long way toward busting stereotypes and fostering reconciliation.