by Starlette Thomas | Mar 24, 2025 | Opinion
The Trump administration is known for its bans on abortion, paper straws, gender-affirming care, words, and books. It’s all piling up, so it’s hard for many Americans to see their way clear. Some are asking, “How did we get here?” But now the explicit ban on...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 17, 2025 | Opinion
In the summer of 2020, I left my home in Bowie, Maryland, and traveled to Washington, D.C. We were far from having a cure for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with the first human case being reported in December of 2019. But George Floyd had been viciously murdered...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 11, 2025 | News
According to a new study from Lifeway Research, one in four Americans (26%) surveyed observe Lent, while 74% skip the 40-day observation before Easter, which is traditionally marked by fasting. The two groups most likely to say they participate in Lent are Catholics...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 10, 2025 | Opinion
“Was that ‘The Color Purple’?” I turned to my teenage cousin and asked as the lights in the theater came on. “Yes,” she said. I couldn’t believe what I had seen. I was six years old when the film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epistolary novel...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 7, 2025 | Feature, Feature|News|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The second edition of “African Americans and Religious Freedom: New Perspectives for Congregations and Communities” was released on February 28. A new preface ushers in a collection of essays rich and dynamic in religious practices, political cultures, and knowledge...
