The Tulsa Race Massacre
The year 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race riot, which is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in the United States. Sadly, even people who grew up in Oklahoma often haven’t studie ...
Category: Equal Rights Freedom Human Rights
5 Museums in Which To Explore Black History
The largest African American museum in America is the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. If you can’t get to the nation’s capital, you may want to che ...
Category: Equal Rights Science
A Playlist of Political Protest Songs
Artists have long used creative works to support civil rights and peace. Music has often driven change and supported the hard work of activists. Here are some musicians and groups who have published music that in some wa ...
Category: Equal Rights Politics
Religions Worldwide Respond to the Death of George Floyd
News of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man in Minneapolis who died while being detained by a police officer, quickly spread across the United States and the world, leading to widespread outrage an ...
Category: Equal Rights Human Rights Religion Social Justice
Is Banning Religious Gatherings a Violation of Freedom of Religion?
One interesting result of novel coronavirus outbreaks in the United States is that some churches have taken the prohibition against gathering to court, claiming that being denied the right to gather is an infringement of ...
Category: Equal Rights Freedom Freedom of Religion Politics
Malaysia Instructs Women to Dress Up and Keep Husbands Happy in Quarantine
With rates of domestic violence skyrocketing, the Malaysian government issued tips for how wives can keep their husbands happy during quarantine. Needless to say, critics were outraged by the misogynistic suggestions.
Category: Equal Rights Health and Wellness
New Movement Within Black Church Seeks To Improve Gender Equality
Like so many other churches, the black church in America has always been a patriarchy. Dating clear black to the days of slavery, the black church represented virtually the only place where black men could — and di ...
Category: Equal Rights Religion Christianity
Vatican Declares Gender Cannot Be Changed
In a new document issued this past summer, the Vatican declared in a decidedly harsh fashion that gender is a matter of biological birth, not personal choice, and can’t be changed. Bearing the title “Male and ...
Category: Equal Rights Morality Christianity
6 Books for Summer Reading
This season may be coming to a close, but that doesn't mean you can't take a break from the fast pace of living this summer by picking up a book or two. Here are some newly published tomes that will give you a broader vi ...
Category: Equal Rights Human Rights Morality
Catholic School Kicked Out of Archdiocese for Refusing To Fire Gay Teacher
In the latest chapter of the growing debate over the employment of LGBTQ staff in local Catholic educational institutions, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana, kicked the Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School out of the ...
Category: Equal Rights Social Equality Christianity School