Valarie Kaur Extended Interview
"In more than 100 years of living and working in this country it was the first time the Sikh community entered national attention. It was the first time we stood in the national spotlight. It took a...
View ArticleSikhs One Year Later
When Sikhs began to restore their gurdwara in Oak Creek, “I saw the spirit of chardi kala, everlasting hope and optimism, in the community,” recalls activist Valarie Kaur. More → The post Sikhs One...
View ArticleMarch on Washington 50th Anniversary
Recent events such as the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial of George Zimmerman have highlighted racial divides that still exist in the U.S. 50 years after the historic March on...
View ArticleGlenn Eskew Extended Interview
“Sixteenth Street Church had unwillingly come into the civil rights movement and was quick to exit the movement—and yet in many ways it becomes the symbol of the movement in Birmingham—so much so that...
View ArticleBirmingham Church Bombing 50th Anniversary
"If four little girls dressed in white for Sunday school can be blown to pieces because of hatred, everyone has to stop and think, where are we going as a society?" More → The post Birmingham Church...
View ArticleYolanda Pierce Extended Interview
Watch excerpts from our interview with Yolanda Pierce, associate professor of African-American religion and literature at Princeton Theological Seminary, as she talks about the new movie “12 Years a...
View ArticleWounded Priest
Father Michael Lapsley is an Anglican priest who was sent to South Africa during the institutionalized racial segregation of apartheid. He became a chaplain to Nelson Mandela’s African National...
View ArticleReligious Response to Ferguson
"I’m particularly concerned when I see white people and African-American people not having conversations with one another about what’s happening in Ferguson," says Russell Moore, president of the...
View ArticleWorld Without Hate
Days after 9/11, Rais Bhuiyan was shot in the head by Mark Stroman in a hate crime targeted at Arabs. Bhuiyan survived the attack, and Stroman was sentenced to death, but Bhuiyan felt compelled to not...
View ArticleChurches and Conversations on Race
How are faith groups mobilizing on issues of race? Protests continue across the nation in the wake of grand jury decisions in Missouri and New York not to indict white police officers in the deaths of...
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