And Then There Were None
Not too many words can be spoken into the void of the Eric Garner case. It would be unbelievable if it weren’t …
Black Catholic History Month: An Invitation to Remember
November is Black Catholic History Month. This designation stands in its 24th year, named in 1990 by the National Black Catholic Congress of the …
Becoming Anti-Oppressive, Final Part: Banging on the Door
Editor’s Note: This four-part blog series is being co-published at RACL’s Blog Partner, “Daily Theology.” Before you go on, it may be helpful to …
Becoming Anti-Oppressive, Part 3: Racism, Bigotry, and Theology
Editor’s Note: This four-part blog series is being co-published at RACL’s Blog Partner, “Daily Theology.” Before you go on, it may be helpful to …
Becoming Anti-Oppressive, Part 2: The Act of Knowing
Editor’s Note: This four-part blog series is contributed by John Slattery, and being co-published at Hope Sing’s Blog Partner, “Daily Theology.” Before you …
Becoming Anti-Oppressive, Part 1: Growing Up Racist and Misogynist and Catholic
Editor’s Note: This first of a four-part blog post is contributed by my friend John Slattery, presently doing his doctoral studies in …
Not Forgotten: John Howard Griffin
Many Americans of an older generation will remember reading Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin’s riveting account of his experiment in “becoming …
Ferguson: The Spectacle vs. the Terror of the Mundane
“Your book is so timely given what is happening in Missouri.” Several people have emailed me in the last few days with …
Black, Catholic, and Proud: Can I Hear the People Say Amen?
Part of the challenge – and joy – of writing on race relations is not knowing or having it figured out ahead …
The Case for Reparations
“Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.” A long cover story by Ta-Nehisi Coates in the …
