What’s troubling about Christian Nationalism is not only its arrogance, but also its withdrawal from reality. At least that seems to be...

Some of the talk about reparations seems to assume that reparations will only benefit Black people, but unrepaired social injustices...

Some may imagine the civic as a space for doing good, which is fine if it doesn’t deny social estrangements. Once we include social...

Last week Twitter changed the label on NPR’s (National Public Radio) Twitter account to “Government-funded Media.” NPR responded by...

Perhaps it was an accident. Evolution simply did not know when to stop. The planet appears to have been fine without us. There were...

The highly regarded writer and activist, Wendell Berry, thinks so. In his latest book, The Need to be Whole: Patriotism and the History...

When Joe Biden spoke of saving “America’s soul” on the campaign trail, I hoped it was a temporary lapse, but it seems I was wrong. He...

Martin Luther King Jr. stated in his “I Have A Dream” speech that he hoped that one day his children would be judged not by the color of...

When you visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, I suggest you get a cup for your morning coffee. I would not assume that we...

If you want to see what a “climate of justice” looks like, look at the COP27 meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. First, the rich nations...

To create a sustainable future, we had better learn how to protect the Earth’s integrity. We could start by knowing what violating its...

In a climate of justice, money and knowledge would flow freely. Instead of banks only giving money to those with an acceptable credit...

As we approach the mid-terms, more than one commentator has framed the key question as “who controls the narrative.” One might think that...

If truth be told, we would eat a slice of humble pie, walk softly on the Earth, and give thanks for its gifts. If truth be told, our zip...

Reading the books, Settler Memory by Kevin Bruyneel and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, has led me to reflect again on the...

Like everyone else, white people dream of safety. The desire for safety, in fact, may be as strong if not stronger than other primal...

Whose history is upon us? Right now, the history of white America seems to have gained control of the Supreme Court and much of public...

If we start with my basic premise that our colonial beginnings created a climate of injustice that has never been adequately corrected,...

It’s becoming clearer than ever that allowing God to enter the civic realm is causing a lot of trouble. The separation of church and...

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