by Starlette Thomas | Jun 5, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
When history starts to repeat itself, interrupt it. We’ve heard these stories of injustice before and unless this is a particular favorite of yours, we’ve got to stop police brutality. “I feared for my life, so I shot him. The end.” That is, of course, until it...
by Kathy Manis Findley | Jul 28, 2021 | Opinion
History will tell stories about how this society, in this time, failed to treat every person as a person of worth. History might also tell of the ways people of faith failed to treat persons as persons of sacred worth. It’s a matter of respecting all persons, caring...
by Starlette Thomas | Jul 6, 2021 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
A Mexican proverb states, “They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” It reminded me of another that I learned from my mother. Speaking of an unsolved murder mystery, she told me, “The ground doesn’t talk.” But it does. Blood cries from the ground, from... by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 4, 2016 | Opinion
We love a comeback story, but not as much as a resignation or firing in our quick-to-condemn society. The University of Missouri decided last week to fire assistant professor Melissa Click based on her actions during an on-campus protest in November 2015. The... by Robert Parham | Jan 14, 2014 | Opinion
Two competing theological frameworks are at work in the American criminal justice system: retributive justice and restorative justice. Both are overviewed in “Through the Door,” our forthcoming documentary on prisons and faith. “Retributive justice...
