More Than a Holiday: Ways To Embrace Black Liberation
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed off on the bipartisan effort to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth is celebrated as a day of freedom for Black people. Many people applaud the acknowledgement of th ...
Category: Freedom Holidays and Observances Politics Social Justice
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
How Dropping the Number of Refugees Allowed Into the US Is Affecting Displaced Religious Minorities
Historically, the United States has allowed for around 81,000 refugees to be admitted into the country every year. These are often religious minorities or similarly discriminated-against people fleeing from some of the w ...
The Supreme Court’s Ruling on LGBTQ Rights and What it Means for Religious Conservatives
The past few months have brought about massive changes to the lives of American citizens. In the midst of big questions about how best to handle COVID-19 outbreaks, a wide variety of human rights issues have also been br ...
Category: Human Rights Politics Political and Religious Controversy
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
Can a Religious School Fire a Teacher for Sexual Orientation?
The Catholic Church is under fire yet again, except this time for allowing its schools to discriminate against and fire teachers for their sexual orientation. Most recently, two teachers at a Seattle-based school were fo ...
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
Canadian Muslims Outraged Over Quebec's Religious Symbols Ban
Proponents claim it will help keep public spaces secular and free from undue religious influence. And support is widespread – polls show more than 2 in 3 Quebec residents approve of the ban. However, critics argue ...
Category: Islam Religion Political and Religious Controversy
Religious Restrictions and Hostilities Increasing Around the World
The results of a new international Pew Research Center study show that both governmental restrictions and governmental and nongovernmental religious hostilities have significantly increased around the world during the pa ...
Category: Freedom of Religion Politics Religion
The Alarming Rise in European Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism, the hatred of Jews and the hellacious acts that often accompany it, is nothing new. It’s been around almost since the beginnings of recorded history. Its most notable exemplification was the Holocaus ...
Category: Human Rights Morality Politics Judaism