By Ken Chitwood, The Conversation — 1. What is Eid? Eid literally means a “festival” or “feast” in Arabic. It is celebrated twice a year as Eid al-Adha, (pronounced eed…
By Tee Ngugi — Summary The developmental states, otherwise known as the Asian Tigers, are characterised by this sense of everyone feeling responsible — whatever their station in life —…
By Aanu Adeoye, TIME — When Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, launched an attack on the restive region of Tigray in his country’s north last November, he promised it would…
Ethiopia’s main religions need to take an emotional distance from politics and find a neutral space so they can get moral clarity. By Mohammed Girma, The Conversation — Ethiopia is…
By Debbie-Marie Brown, Evanston RoundTable — Evanston’s interfaith community was among the first groups in the city to speak out in favor of reparations and to offer tangible support. With…
Why some Muslim women feel empowered wearing hijab, a headscarf By Kalpana Jain, The Conversation — For some Muslim women, wearing a hijab can be a religious act but Muslim…
Megachurches and the men who lead them can be superrich. So why don’t the IRS and local authorities see a cent in taxes? A scholar explains. By Ryan Cragun, The…
H.R. 40 has more momentum than ever and people of faith must help encourage its passage. By Jason L. Miller, The Hill — Last summer, after the death of George…
July 13, 2021 — Join faith leaders from various traditions as they call on Congress to pass H.R.40, a bill to study the legacy of slavery, its ongoing harms, and…
From Germany to Georgetown, the Global North has a lot to learn about reckoning successfully with past human rights wrongs. By Kerry Whigham, The Conversation — Between 1904 and 1908,…
By The Associated Press — The faith community should guide the way on reparations for America’s history of slavery and racial discrimination and help the nation’s process of reconciliation and…
By George Yancy — Even if the movement for reparations someday transforms the profound economic disparities that fall along racial lines in this country — addressing income disparities, the wealth…