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A Prayer for Those Returning Home from Prison By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Morning Star, we ask you to relieve the plight of men and women just released from prison who are having trouble finding places to live, work, and receive health care. Facts: In an article on ww…
Civil Rights Tours By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post The civil rights movement stands out as one of the most remarkable and meaningful in American history as African-Americans rallied for social, legal, political, and cultural changes putting an end t…
A Prayer for Peace and Justice By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Hope for the World, we pray that you might break the chains of hatred, prejudice, and fear that keep people enslaved to the violence that almost destroyed the United States during the Civil War and …
A Prayer for the Prospering of the Poor People's Campaign By Patricia Campbell Carlson Blog Post Visions for a more just and compassionate world can take decades to come to fruition. We now have the soul-stirring opportunity to be part of Dr. Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign, inaugur…
Reallocating Resources in a Democracy By Keziah Grindeland Blog Post A democracy is supposed to reflect the will of the people. When people vote, speak out at community meetings, or protest, they are responding not only to particular politicians and parties but to th…
Could You Be Friends with a White Supremacist? By Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post Will D. Campbell, a progressive Baptist preacher, marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., in Birmingham and Selma, and served as a race relations troubleshooter for the National Council of Churches. Y…
A Civil Rights Issue: Mass Incarceration in the U.S. By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post In an article for alternet.org Chris Hedges examines the strong connections between being poor and going to prison in the United States. Of the 2.2 million people locked up at the moment, 97% of fed…
Remembering James H. Cone By Frederic Brussat Blog Post James H. Cone, The Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Seminary in New York, died April 28 in Manhattan at the age of 79. Here is his obituary in The New Y…
"When Will Our Needs and Hopes Matter?" By Ada Renee Williams Blog Post "Democracy is more than a system of government; it is a way of life. We can assess the vitality of a democracy by how well it is serving the people's needs and hopes." These opening lines from th…
Prayer for the Victims at Charlie Hebdo By Frederic Brussat Blog Post O Loving One, Ya Wadud, we grieve with the parents, family, and friends of the 12 people who were killed at the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on January 7, 2015, by two Fre…

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