The following letter to the editor was sent by Utah reader Kimball Shinkoskey regarding what she calls the "mediocrity" within contemporary Christian churches:
Religious observance has...
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In the following piece, award-winning journalist Robert Koehler examines the concept of the "good war."
Love thy enemy? I get a chance to do so on a regular basis...
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The last year saw advances and setbacks in the fight against American white supremacist, anti-government, and other violent right-wing groups.
The good...
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A year after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, some lawmakers still can't believe that Congress itself came under siege.
"More and more it becomes surreal. You...
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WASHINGTON—Today Rep. Ilhan Omar released the following statement to commemorate the one year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection.
“Today marks one year...
One year ago, today, on Jan. 6th, a violent mob of right-wing insurrectionists, incited by Donald Trump, overran the U.S. Capitol in a coup attempt intended to stop the peaceful transfer of...
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There is power in truth, and the truth about the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol is this: racism and a fear of growing diversity in the United States was at the...
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(Washington, D.C.) — One year ago, on January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Police officers faced a violent mob intent on interrupting the peaceful...
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On the eve of the first anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, progressives are ramping up their campaign to...
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Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards took the historic action of signing Louisiana’s first posthumous pardon of Mr. Homer A. Plessy, who was convicted of violating...
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In the past few months, hundreds of community members around the country have partnered with EJI’s Community Remembrance Project to acknowledge and document our history of...
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Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush, who was first elected to Congress in 1992, said this week he won't seek re-election in November.
Rush, a legendary co-founder of...
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Many of us make resolutions at this time of year. These are some of the New Year’s Resolutions I’d like to see my country make. The United States resolves to:
The anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is nearing this week, and the country’s top racial justice leaders just released a video calling out the largest corporations and asset...
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The congressional committee investigating last year's Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is looking at issuing subpoenas to Republican members of Congress (like Ohio Rep, Jim...
Milton, are you denying or finding it insignificant that the TPLF attacked a federal army base...
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