The campaign to end permanent punishments on people with criminal records in Illinois

August is typically a time of excitement as the new school year begins. This year, that excitement is tempered with apprehension as school districts decide the best course of action for their students whether that be in-person or remote instruction, or a hybrid model.

Hybrid model. Sychronous learning. Pandemic pod. These words have quickly become the new normal when parents talk about school this fall.

How are you impacted by schools opening during this pandemic?

After just a few months of lock-down, why open up schools in the middle of a raging pandemic?

There are over 4,000 people incarcerated at the Cook County Jail and 3,000 people on staff—both are particularly vulnerable to contracting COVID-19.

A Just Harvest raises its voice with all who are mourning and demanding justice for Black men, women and trans siblings murdered by police who are sworn to serve and protect them.

Our member congregations are being creative in managing their worship services and connecting with their members during the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of my favorite chants from the movement for Black Lives in Ferguson, MO was a call to “Get out of the house and into the streets!” or “Get out of the pews and into the streets!”

I'd wager that amidst the parades, days off from work (for many but not all), countless cookouts, and, of course, fireworks, most Americans don't think about how complex and complicated our Independence Day can be for many Americans to whom it never applied.

As we approach Father's day, bracing for that horrific statistic, “70% of black children are fatherless,” I urge our religious and congregational leaders to re-speak the narrative.

Pentecost is not only the longest season of the Christian liturgical calendar but one of the most prolific.

In the years prior to King’s assassination, his sights began to shift towards thinking how a true Beloved Community might be realized in his present world. The pathway to this concept rested in need to escalate the concerns of civil rights, to a need for human rights. The words of his sermons and writings would begin to challenge even more, daring to make claims that poor Blacks and Poor Whites had more in common with each other, than Poor Blacks had with Rich Blacks or Poor Whites had with Rich Whites. Despite a system that systematically proved otherwise, dismantling poverty, King exclaimed, was the key to removing the systems of racism, militarism, and economic injustice on America.

'Someday at Christmas' is one of mainstream music's first Christmas songs with an intentional social and political message.

The challenges are present, the struggle is difficult, and the risks are real, whether as a parent or as an organization.

Two years ago, while traveling in the remote western region of Ghana, I came across one of the most traumatic experiences I’ve ever happened upon...