What I Saw in a Prison Inmate’s Eyes
AUGUST 20, 2013 | BY: ED CYZEWSKI -- I used to write this type of guy off. I mean, he just can’t get his act together. At least we’ve got a...
Let’s have a (Deeper) Conversation about Race
AUGUST 5, 2013 | BY: KATHY KHANG -- Too often conversations about race never happen. Americans will talk about or around race....
Acknowledging Our Social Location
Editor's Note: This post is part of the Red Letter Book Club, featuring Bruce Reyes-Chow's latest book: But I Don't See You as Asian: Curating Conversations About Race.
The afternoon...
A Hispanic response to the Trayvon Martin verdict
JULY 22, 2013 | BY: DANAIS TORRES -- These past few days have been filled with frustration. I was one of the ones who followed the Zimmerman...
Finding justice for Trayvon: seven actions steps for our outrage
JULY 15, 2013 | BY: KRISTEN HOWERTON -- I have seen a shift in the last year, though, and I think the Trayvon Martin case served to rattle...
Nonviolence for White People
BY: JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE -- The longer I live and pray the more convinced I am that white repentance–white conversion...
Is the Church Saving Souls and Losing Students?
Recent data suggest that African American and Hispanic males are the primary victims of the nation’s dropout crises. According to the Schott Foundation for Public Education, only 41% of Black males graduate f...
When You Can't Find Your Words
Trayvon Martin's parents attented the Million Hoodies March. Photo: NYMag.com
It’s been almost a month since the slaying of Trayvon Martin. This particular African-American child was intentionally shot thro...
Emmett Till to Herman Cain: It’s No Longer About Civil Rights
In August, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till, and African-American, was killed for reportedly flirting with a white woman. He was beaten, his eyes cut out of his head, and his lifeless body was dumped in a ...
The Red Flag: What White People Can Do About Racism
My church (Iglesia del Barrio) is located in the neighborhood called Kensington, known as one of the most economically oppressed neighborhoods in Philadelphia, as well as the home to several of the top ten dr...