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How The Legacy of Martin Luther King is Alive Today

03 Jun 2018
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Derek Welch

Men Like Bishop Curry Continue His True Mission Most of us have a wrong impression of Martin Luther King Jr. We know about his “I Have a Dream” speech and his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement....

Democrats Introduce Do No Harm Act to Protect LGBTQ

24 May 2018
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Derek Welch

The RFRA was being subverted This would amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to prevent the latter from being utilized to justify discriminatory attitudes towards LGBTQ individuals. Harris,...

Man Found Guilty of Vandalizing Islamic Center with Bacon

17 May 2018
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C Barnett

Charles Dwight Stout III Convicted Of Civil Rights Violation A Tennessee man named Charles Dwight Stout III, 20, pleaded guilty in a United States District Court for vandalizing the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro...

How MLK’s “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” Changed Religion

21 Apr 2018
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Derek Welch

The Essence Of Theological Justification For Civil Disobendiece Nietzsche once said, “All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.” If we were...

The Expectations Project Slammed DeVos for Her Comments on Race and Discipline

05 Apr 2018
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Elisa Meyer

The controversy started after DeVos was interviewed on 60 Minutes in March. A public letter by , the U.S. Secretary of Education, for her comments on school discipline and race. A petition on the same...

New Jersey Elects First Sikh Attorney General

13 Dec 2017
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Nathan Glover

Grewal is Second Sikh in Recent Months to gain Prominent Position It is a historical moment for civil rights with the nomination of Gurbir Grewal to Attorney General of New Jersey. New Jersey Governor-elect...

Religious Baker Wedding Cake Case is Dividing Supreme Court

06 Dec 2017
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Elisa Meyer

Justices' opinion divided on case about same-sex marriage and religious beliefs. A . The case, which attracted considerable media attention, concentrates on the discrimination faced by the LGBT community....

We Live In A Religious Power Vacuum

01 Oct 2017
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Elisa Meyer

Why are the Non-Religious Better Organized? A power vacuum is a political science term to describe the “condition that exists when someone has lost control of something and no one has replaced them,”...

Meet University of Chicago Divinity School’s New Orthodox Jewish Dean

04 Sep 2017
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Alison Lesley

Zoloth has earned multiple feathers in her illustrious career She is a renowned bioethicist, union activist, and a former nurse. Laurie Zoloth, who held a professorship in a number of fields, happens...

The Handmaid’s Tale Isn’t a Straw Man, and Here’s Proof

13 Jul 2017
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Sam Field

Christian culture is replete with the teaching that women put themselves in dangerous positions by straying outside the "rules." The first time I read The Handmaid’s Tale I was at Liberty...