Race & Religion
7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence
By Nasir Uddin — September 4, 2024
(The Conversation) — Hundreds of thousands of minority Muslims fled Myanmar in 2017 amid a government crackdown. Seven years on, they remain in refugee camps.
Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — August 30, 2024
Will Tim Walz help Democrats win back Muslims? Unlikely, these leaders say.
By Anna Piela — August 12, 2024
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Latino evangelicals push for immigration reform ahead of election
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — August 12, 2024
(RNS) — With rising political power, Latino voters will make their voices heard on immigration, but Latinos, including evangelicals, are far from a unified bloc.
Islamic State’s genocide was not limited to killing and enslaving Yazidis, Christians and other communities − it also erased their heritage
By Alda Benjamen — August 8, 2024
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Iraq describes the ongoing loss following the genocidal violence by IS − not just of human lives, but of a rich cultural heritage.
Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition
By Giovanna Dell'orto — July 24, 2024
RNS - Bans on Native drum ceremonies bring up resonant histories of forced repression and trauma for Native communities today.
Amos Brown, pastor to Kamala Harris, known for civil rights, reparations activism
By Jack Jenkins and Adelle M. Banks — July 23, 2024
(RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris has praised Brown, ‘my pastor,’ as a man who also has long been her mentor.
Mosque with ties to Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali receives historic preservation funds
By Adelle M. Banks — July 22, 2024
(RNS) — Masjid Muhammad in Washington, DC, is the first African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund awardee connected to the Islamic faith.
Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering
By Tracy Fessenden — July 17, 2024
(The Conversation) — Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.
Pastors see a wariness among Black men to talk abortion politics as Biden works to shore up base
By Darren Sands — July 16, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Phoenix pastor the Rev. Warren H. Stewart Sr. has had countless discussions this election season with fellow Black men on the economy, criminal justice, immigration and other issues dominating the political landscape in their battleground state of Arizona. But never abortion.
Richard Smallwood, ‘Total Praise’ composer, to receive Juneteeth tribute in D.C.
By Adelle M. Banks — June 18, 2024
(RNS) — ‘It’s music that has brought us over through slavery, through all kinds of hard trials and tribulations,’ said singer/songwriter Richard Smallwood.
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power of love’ to challenge injustice
By Anthony Siracusa — June 13, 2024
(The Conversation) — Lawson learned in India how to resist racism and subsequently trained his students on the systematic use of nonviolence to fight injustice.
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism – but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse
By Samira Mehta — June 12, 2024
(The Conversation) — Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the world – and represented in the US.
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
By Travis Loller, Adrian Sainz, and Christopher Weber — June 12, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday. He was 95.
How this Maryland pastor ended up leading one of the fastest-growing churches in the nation
By Darren Sands — June 10, 2024
CALVERTON, Md. (AP) — In 2019, the year Kingdom Fellowship AME was founded, the church had about 3,000 members and an average weekly attendance of about 1,800 people, according to the church's figures. Today, membership has swelled to nearly 8,000, and its weekly services draw about 2,500 attendees altogether.
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