Athletes have long flexed their muscles against racism, sexism, and other forms of injustice.
Human Rights
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 7-28-2009
Audio of the 911 call that brought Sgt. James Crowley to the home of Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Nontando Hadebe 7-27-2009
The government of Zimbabwe, in a groundbreaking move, dedicated this past weekend to renouncing political violence and promoting national healing.
Alan Bean 7-27-2009
A New York Times piece picks up on a question http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/
Brian McLaren 7-27-2009
I think President Obama was right to soften the tone of his statement the other day on the Gates arre
Melvin Bray 7-24-2009
There are only a handful of widely, cross-culturally known black intellectuals in this country-Maya Angelou, Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, Julianne Malveaux, and maybe a few others.
Chris Baker Evens 7-24-2009
Development is a word full of hope. It brings to mind water pumps and rice banks, bridges and education, smiling children and sky-scraping financial institutions. Yet there is a dark side to development.
On Friday, July 17th, at 4 a.m., this dark side showed its face when
Melanie Weldon-Soiset 7-24-2009
People of faith can celebrate today as the federal minimum wage increases from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour.
Valerie Elverton Dixon 7-24-2009
Just peace theory recognizes that there is more than one kind of violence.
Valerie Weaver-Zercher 7-22-2009
An autographed photo of Jimmy Carter sits on our piano. A friend of ours wrote to Carter and told him that he was one of our sons' favorite presidents, and would he please send them a signed photograph. When Keith gave our sons the Carter picture last Christmas, my 8-year-old actually teared up.
Aja M. Carr 7-20-2009
Last week marked the centennial celebration of the nation's oldest and most respected civil rights organization, the National
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 7-15-2009
A white woman is raped by a black man in North Carolina. During the assault, she studies his face, determined to bring him to justice. She later identifies a suspect both in photos and in-person line-ups. Only she's wrong.
Nate Bacon 7-15-2009
Only God would open up an opportunity for a Catholic from San Francisco to speak prophetically to the Prime Minister of Australia, at the Anglican Centre in Rome, on behalf of Cambodians about to lose their land in Phnom Penh. God cares that much about the poor.
Julie Clawson 7-15-2009
I've been following the news story of New Zealand Olympic hopeful Logan Campbell. If you haven't heard, he's the taekwondo athlete who said he was forced to open a brothel to cover his training expenses for the 2012 London Olympics.
Valerie Elverton Dixon 7-14-2009
Now that the Cold War that was anything but cold in Africa is over; now that the CIA, as far as we know, no longer pays for the overthrow and murder of democratically elected leaders as it did with
Melanie Weldon-Soiset 7-13-2009
He was taken before the authorities and subjected to abuse and beatings. No one arose to defend his case with the integrity it deserved.
Aaron Taylor 7-13-2009
Mauritania is a land of striking beauty, with sand dunes lined against the sky, Bedouins riding camels in the countryside, and flying beetles that look like they come straight from the abyss of the Apocalypse. Mauritania is also a land of extremes-extreme beauty, extreme hospitality, and lately, extreme religion.
Amanda Lind 7-10-2009
Two weeks ago Sunday I awoke to my cell phone ringing at 6:45 a.m. In my sleepy delirium I answered it to hear the agitated voice of Isidra, a friend and "hermana" from our church in Flor del Campo, a marginalized neighborhood near the airport of Tegucigalpa.