November 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/25/how-many-americans-carry-guns-daily

A big aspect of the healing is going to be a sincere, heartfelt apology by the different denominations that participated,’ said one survivor. https://religionnews.com/2022/11/23/what-does-healing-look-like-to-survivors-of-the-u-s-indian-boarding-school-system/

by Shea Darian https://doinggrief.com/the-grief-in-our-gratitude/

‘The government protects historical churches and other important religious landmarks, and our site deserves no less protection,’ Apache Stronghold founder Wendsler Nosie Sr. said. https://religionnews.com/2022/11/17/apaches-get-rehearing-in-fight-to-preserve-oak-flat-a-sacred-site-in-arizona/

by Paul Brandeis Raushenbush https://religionnews.com/2022/11/16/the-respect-for-marriage-act-protects-my-family-and-my-faith/

When I (John) was a little boy, the only black people I saw were on TV playing baseball. Bob Gibson. Maury Wills. Hank Aaron. WIllie Mays. Willie McCovey. Jim Gilliam. Ernie Banks. John Roseboro. FIfty years later, their names flow effortlessly onto the page. The fact that they were black was of no more interest

by Amy Julia Becker – NavPress Purchase from: A Gentle Invitation into the Challenging Topic of PrivilegeGently addressing the challenging topics of privilege and race, power and inequality, White Picket Fences is a memoir of Amy Julia Becker’s growing awareness of the unequal benefits (and secret harm) she received by virtue of her white skin,

Voters in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont all approved measures to close this loophole. While none will immediately stop forced labor at prisons, the measures open the door for legal challenges to how the states use prison labor. Louisiana voted down an attempt to make changes to its constitutional language on slavery after the ballot

https://news.yahoo.com/word-homosexual-bible-mistake-explosive-082916707.html

Black church leaders and activists in Georgia rallied Sunday in a longstanding tradition known as “Souls to the Polls” that has greater meaning in this year’s midterms as legislation presents new obstacles to casting a ballot. https://religionnews.com/2022/10/31/black-church-tradition-survives-georgias-voting-changes/