Racism in our back yard, Boston area 2021
Racism isn’t some other city’s problem. Rep. Russell Holmes was quoted in The Banner this month about a double murder of two …
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Truth Sandwich
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used his celebrity to serve up a truth sandwich about racism, scapegoating, and antisemitism. What’s a Truth Sandwich? It’s a …
Jews, Violence, and Intersectionality
Last week, I wrote about ways that Christian allies fail to understand how their words and deeds contribute to antisemitism in America. …
When Good Allies Go Bad: Christians and Antisemitism
I found myself in a Facebook conversation with well-intentioned Catholic activists with long histories of social action work. I was deeply disappointed. …
Haters and Their Race War
Saturday August 3, 2019. A man drove 600 miles to a Walmart in El Paso, Texas in a planned attack to kill …