Bernice King: Racial justice activism must focus on strategy
Atlanta, Georgia, USAP Rev Martin Luther King, Jr’s, youngest daughter said she’s afraid American society is unraveling, telling a Christian radio network on Thursday that “I don’t know what’s going to happen ultimately to democracy.” But Dr Bernice King also said she is determined to be part of the solution, working to transform minds and […]
Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge
Selma, AlabamaAP The late US Representative John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. The bridge became a landmark in the fight for racial justice when Lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten there 55 years ago on “Bloody Sunday”, a key […]
In the US, Poor People’s Campaign stages massive online demonstration
RNS With COVID-19 restrictions preventing an intended in-person rally in Washington DC, at least a million supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign reportedly tuned in on Saturday to watch a mix of live speeches and pre-recorded clips of liberal religious leaders calling for a “moral revolution” and the enactment of a sweeping policy agenda focused […]
ESSAY: LET’S NOT ASK BOTHAM JEAN’S FAMILY TO CHOOSE FORGIVENESS OVER JUSTICE
US Christian anti-death penalty activist and author SHANE CLAIBORNE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on events which took place in a US courtroom recently…