Essay: The case for reparations has been made all the more clear by COVID-19
In an article first published on Religion News Service, KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and canon theologian at Washington National Cathedral, says the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black lives is perhaps the strongest case for reparations…
“Vestiges of segregation”: US homeowners fight deeds that exclude buyers based on race
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to remove racist covenants from title deeds in the US…
Southern Baptist president says racial insensitivity shows disregard for the Gospel
Birmingham, Alabama, USRNS Speaking at a black church Sunday in a city that is nearly 75 per cent African American, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, JD Greear, said white Christians who are racially insensitive are disregarding the Gospel. “I do not need to tell this church the church of the West has had […]
SOUTH AFRICA: “DISPOSSESSED” URBAN POOR CALL FOR LAND REFORM
KEVIN MWANZA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
ESSAY: TO EUROPE’S SHAME, ROMA REMAIN STIGMATISED OUTSIDERS – EVEN WHEN THEY LIVE IN MANSIONS
In an article first published on The Conversation, RYAN POWELL, of the University of Sheffield in the UK, says new research has found just how pervasive anti-Roma sentiment is in Europe…
SIGHT-SEEING: HOW TO CHANGE HEARTS ON RACE
US columnist RICHARD MOUW, in an article first published by Religion News Service, reflects on how the issue of racial justice needs both law – and love…