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We are more than just good or bad: How the God of the Binary fails Black people

Decolonizing spirituality and learning to survive this world of inequitable structures and gross interpretations of the Word of God.

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African Traditional Religions prepared me to grieve my mother

Christian complacency has no place in Black liberation

The legacy of Christian Abolitionism

When the Ancestors tell you to go to therapy

How I use ancestor veneration to navigate my Mother’s Death

Millennials aren’t skipping church, the Black Church is skipping us

How unchoosing inherited religion taught me that the glue is our relationships

‘Mixed-ish’ and the anti-Black myth of post-racial insulated societies

How learning to work with my Ancestors created a relationship of reciprocity and parental support

How targeting Ilhan Omar instead of white supremacy furthered both anti-Semitism & Islamophobia

Ilhan Omar is again being accused of anti-Semitism & her own party wants to discipline her

Muslim detainee only given pork in violation of religious beliefs at Border Patrol detention facility

Ahead of election, Israeli PM Netanyahu reaches out to racist, violent extremist groups

Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express expose decades of abuse by Southern Baptist leaders

SCOTUS refuses Muslim inmate’s request for imam instead of Christian chaplain for execution

White teenagers arrested for plotting to attack Black Muslim community

5 Israeli teenagers arrested for the fatal stoning of a Palestinian woman ahead of elections

To force Muslims to assimilate, Denmark requires all to shake hands in citizenship ceremonies

Pope Francis accepts resignation of LA bishop accused of child sexual abuse

Navigating Christmas as a sexual assault survivor brought up in the Catholic church

Finding our way back to the religions stolen from our ancestors

The Christianity I was taught didn’t align with my values. ‘The Color Purple’ helped me reimagine religion

How Christian theology contributes to Black men’s dehumanizing expectations of Black women in relationships

White feminist Paganism and the colonization of Heaven and Earth

Pittsburgh residents protest Trump’s visit after synagogue shooting over racist rhetoric

Florida International University right wing student group under fire over racist messages and rape jokes

Could the UFC have prevented huge brawl after McGregor’s defeat by addressing his racism?

The ACLU is fighting against ‘predictive crime algorithms’ in court

Fulfilling my sexual desires will not separate me from God’s love

Somali-American Muslim workers receive $1.5 settlement after religious discrimination by meat plant

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