For those of you who have found yourself in Alabama, you may be familiar with the three requisite questions in introductions: What’s your name? Are you an Auburn or Alabama football fan? What church do... Read More

On my daily Metro commute to work, I tend to listen to music or read. One recent morning, I sat behind two women chatting about a trip that one was taking to Ecuador to help... Read More

You have read a lot in these pages over the past months about the recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled—incorrectly, we believe—that a towering cross can stand on public... Read More

Pete Buttigieg scored some points at last week’s Democratic debate by going against popular party opinion on the issue of free college tuition. It isn’t fair, Mayor Pete argued, to make working-class families pay for... Read More

When a person mentions the word reparations, many conjure up an image of a zig-zagging, hundred-mile trail of black people lined up at the door of the White House, cartoon money bags in hand, waiting... Read More

To a more perfect union we aspire and lift our voices from the fire. These are the closing words of Jean Rohe’s “National Anthem: Arise! Arise!,” which was proudly sung on the last day of... Read More

The Supreme Court has historically protected church-state separation and civil rights, however, recent appointments influenced by white Christian nationalists and their lobbying groups have dramatically changed the makeup of the court. This change is clearly... Read More