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Why Colin Kaepernick is like George Washington

If you haven’t heard by now, the star quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Colin Kaepernick, refused to stand for the national anthem over the weekend.

Why we should talk to children about race

From a surprisingly early age, children can distinguish between faces from different racial groups.

Review: “Between the World and Me” adds to needed discussion on racism

Publication of “Between the World and Me” is timely in view of the recent killings of unarmed black men by white policemen.

‘Dear Martin’: Bishop’s letters to MLK trace the highs and lows in race relations

(RNS) "While we are yet flawed by those among us who hold to racial bigotry and intolerance, they no longer define us as a nation or a people!” United Methodist Bishop Woodie White wrote in his 2014 letter to Martin Luther King.

“What if George Zimmerman were antiracist?”

In the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death on Feb. 26, 2012, and now again in the aftermath of the acquittal of his shooter, George Zimmerman, many commentators have speculated on how the outcome might have been different if some critical aspect of the case were different. I call this the What If game. For example, “What if Martin were white?”

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