The Anger of White People

It would be good if this spate of time where the anger of white people is being lifted up could serve as the bridge for new communication and understanding between the races. But it won’t - because those who could begin the dialogues will not do that. They are holding onto the Myth of White Superiority.

FAITH, NEWS & VIEWS, POLITICS

Election, Politics, Poverty, racism, Susan K. Smith, Trump

August 30, 2015

DISTANT CHURCHES AND THE ISOLATED POOR: LESSONS FROM KATRINA, TEN YEARS LATER

Ten years after Katrina, the poor continue to struggle in New Orleans, and in urban contexts across the U.S., and they deserve no less urgent a response from churches and other sectors than that which was mobilized ten years ago in the wake of Katrina. The storms are gathering force—can our churches, and our nation, mobilize accordingly?

PUBLIC LIFE

church, Katrina, Poverty, R. Drew Smith

July 29, 2015

Missing the point in Baltimore

Baltimore is holding its breath, waiting for a plan to redress the city's age-old maladies.

BALTIMORE, PUBLIC LIFE

Baltimore, Freddy Gray, Poverty

October 25, 2013

Coalition of black ministers looks to address gentrification, social problems

PREACH! | African-American religious leaders from around the city gathered to offer a broad critique of social problems in their neighborhoods.

PUBLIC LIFE

Black clergy, Gentrification, Harlem, housing, justice, Poverty, Schools, spotlight

October 16, 2013

Jonathan Walton: Poverty, Justice and Black Religious Life

Social ethicist and scholar of American religions Jonathan L. Walton joined the faculty of Harvard Divinity School in July 2010 and was appointed Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church beginning July 2012. He speaks with Rev. Joan Harrell, host and producer of Empowering Voices.

PUBLIC LIFE, VIDEOS

Ethics, Jonathan Walton, justice, Poverty, spotlight

March 26, 2013

Poverty in America — It’s not what you think.

The Line documents the stories of people across the country living at or below the poverty line. They have goals. They have children. They work hard. They are people like you and me. Across America, millions are struggling every day to make it above The Line.

NEWS & VIEWS

Jim Wallis, Poverty, Sojourners, spotlight, The Line

December 18, 2012

Chris Hedges with Reverend Jeremiah Wright

Lannan Foundation and Nation Books presented Chris Hedges with Reverend Jeremiah Wright on 12 November 2012 at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Hedges spoke about poverty in the U.S., then followed by a conversation with Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

NATIONAL

Chirs Hedges, Lannan Foundation, national, Politics, Poverty, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, spotlight

July 31, 2012

With Poverty Worst in Decades, Maybe We Owe Tavis and Cornel an Apology

Two men who’ve been consistently blowing the horn on poverty are Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. What’s saddest is that many Americans have been so interested in maintaining their love affair with the Obama Administration that they won’t even listen to policy advocates who have legitimate points of view.

NEWS & VIEWS

Barack Obama, Poverty, Smiley

November 21, 2011

BEYOND TRIVIAL MELODIES: THE BLACK CHURCH AND OCCUPY WALL STREET

To be sure the Black Church is not monolithic. In fact the term, “Black Church” is a rubric for a half dozen predominately Black denominations, dozens of non-denominational mega churches and their fellowships, and black congregations inside predominately white denominations. These various constellations constitute the Black Church. In word, there are many “Black Churches”.

PUBLIC LIFE

black church, Economic Justice, James Cone, liberation theology, Martin Luther King, occupy wall street, Poverty, Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, spotlight

The Anger of White People

DISTANT CHURCHES AND THE ISOLATED POOR: LESSONS FROM KATRINA, TEN YEARS LATER

Missing the point in Baltimore

Coalition of black ministers looks to address gentrification, social problems

Jonathan Walton: Poverty, Justice and Black Religious Life

Poverty in America — It’s not what you think.

Chris Hedges with Reverend Jeremiah Wright

Keri Day: Black Women, the Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America

With Poverty Worst in Decades, Maybe We Owe Tavis and Cornel an Apology

BEYOND TRIVIAL MELODIES: THE BLACK CHURCH AND OCCUPY WALL STREET

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