Postcards: Black American families strive to build a town free from racism
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a bid to create a new community in central Georgia called Freedom…
In the US, three church coalitions in the Deep South partner to urge racial reconciliation — and justice
RNS Leaders of multiracial coalitions of churches in three Southern cities have confessed to being too “comfortable” and committed anew to “work for justice to right past wrongs” and seek racial unity. “As a group of racially, ethnically, and politically diverse church leaders in the Deep South areas of Charleston, South Carolina, Montgomery, Alabama, and […]
US election – Young Black Americans may stumble in move to ballot boxes from street protests
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation First-time voter Rosie Lebron has been protesting in the streets of New York City to end racial injustice, following in the footsteps of her great-grandmother who marched 60 years ago. “My great-grandmother, she protested during the civil rights movement. She’s like ‘Why is my baby still doing this?’” said […]
Essay: The difference between heroes and martyrs
RUSSELL P JOHNSON, a teaching fellow at the University of Chicago Divinity School, explains why it’s wrong to confuse “the memorialisation of victims with the commendation of heroes”…
No race problem here: Despite summer of protests, many practicing Christians in the US remain ambivalent
RNS As racial tensions have risen in recent months, a new report reveals that some Christians are becoming less motivated to act on racial justice, and an increasing share say there is “definitely” not a race problem in the country. “Christians generally, and practicing Christians in particular, have changed their minds on addressing racial injustice, […]
In the US, activists call for justice, equal remembrance of Breonna Taylor on her 27th birthday
RNS On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday (5th June), some theologians and activists lament what they call an insufficient response to her March murder. They note that protests in her honour occurred only after widespread outrage over George Floyd’s death and that, to date, no charges have been filed against the three […]