People of faith must respond to parallel abuses of power at Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Bears Ears National Monument. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a staple of God’s creation–a creation of which we humans are the stewards. Its vast and beautiful 19.6 million acres of wilderness are home
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Along the sidewalks of the Avenida de la Constitución, behind the Capitol of Puerto Rico (a smaller scale replica of the Capitol in Washington, D.C.), is a collection of statues called the “Walkway of the Presidents”. There you can see the statues of the presidents of the United States who
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A version of this piece was originally published in the Israel/Palestine Mission Network’s email newsletter and at Ecclesio.com. Emma González is 18 and about to graduate from high school this Spring—and she gets things done. A daughter of Cuban immigrants, González sews many of her own clothes, is the President of
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There is no such thing as race – true or false? The answer is true. Contemporary scholars agree that “race” is a recent invention. There is only one race, the human race. In fact, there is widespread agreement among scholars that race, as understood in the United States, is a
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In 1968, the Spirit was moving and doing a new thing in the fight for civil rights: a Poor People’s Campaign that sought to link issues of race and class justice and bring about transformative, moral change. 50 years later, a new Poor People’s Campaign has been building up momentum
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A version of this article was first published, originally in Spanish, on Jan 15th here. This version was first translated by the author, and then edited with his consent. In 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s book The Trumpet of Conscience was published in Spanish. It includes five lectures given in
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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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Correction: The date of the culminating march in Washington, D.C. is June 23rd. Some heroes don’t wear capes. Instead of flight or invisibility, the mantle of Martin Luther King Jr. gives one more grounding and visibility. But sometimes that visibility can be deceptive: along with many earnest people seeking to
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Then they sat down to eat; and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balm, and resin, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and
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Confrontation and Confession in Charlottesville The events in Charlottesville this weekend remind me how dangerous it can be to be proud of your identity. In the midst of that ultimately violent confrontation, I was proud to see Presbyterian clergy among the many people of faith standing up to the massed
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