Category: news
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“Please no don’t let him be gone Lord.”
A Lament for Philando Castile in the Words of Diamond Reynolds and her Four-Year-Old Daughter
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Cheering Creation’s Demise
The ambivalence about climate change by many white Christians isn’t only about money and scientific skepticism.
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“African-American wealth is about 5 percent of white wealth…”
Today African-American incomes on average are about 60 percent of average white incomes. But African-American wealth is about 5 percent of white wealth. Most middle-class families in this country gain their wealth from the equity they have in their homes. So this enormous difference between a 60 percent income ratio and a 5 percent wealth…
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“If it’s not good enough for my child, then why are we putting any children in those schools?”
If you not already heard it, this Fresh Air interview with New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones about public school segregation is essential listening. A taste: The original mission of public schools … is this understanding that no matter where you come from, you will go into the doors of a school and every child will receive…
David W. Swanson 