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Why SDOP: Community’s Power for Social Change

15 mins read

Interviewing Alonzo Johnson, Coordinator for Self Development of People Editor’s note:  Last month, Unbound wrote about reparations as beginning with investments in fully integrated and equal education, in equal access to housing and jobs, and in equal and fair prison sentencing. In continuation of that dialogue, we interviewed Alonzo Johnson, Coordinator

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Appalachia: A National Sacrifice Zone

7 mins read

The words “national sacrifice zone” don’t strike me as a way we, as Christians and stewards of God’s Creation, should be characterizing a region of our country. However, in our ecological and social sin, we have tolerated the development of sacrifice zones: places permanently damaged by environmental destruction or economic

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Reparations to Repair Today’s Widening Rifts: A White Millennial Endorsement of the Reparations Conversation

20 mins read

One of the most universal and repeated messages in the Bible is that God loves justice. Yet, when the word “reparations” is thrown into the political ring as a possible counter to the damages done by slavery, even strongly progressive individuals often dismiss it as “a liberal fantasy” or “just

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