Here’s what you need to know about Juneteenth: Some basics It is now a federal holiday. NPR staff members read the Emancipation Proclamation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1xOPt455pg A Juneteenth playlist Kate Masur: Juneteenth is just the start Can the Juneteenth holiday be Black […]
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More on the evangelical Trumpers in Orlando this weekend: Ted Cruz confirms his Dominionism and Mike Pence gets heckled.
I am trying to stay up-to-speed on this evangelical Lost Cause conference known as The Road to Majority. Read our first post here. Here is Ted Cruz: Some responses: What Cruz is doing here is political fundamentalism It is one […]
Cambridge Conjuring
What can turn an assignment into a feast? A Book of Magic, of course—and a city of magic, too
Museums Matter
Art museums are reopening. Here’s why you should visit one.
Out Walking
Paul Kingsnorth may have left the environmental movement. But his trek continues on.
Why Socialists Oppose The New York Times’ 1619 Project
Historical falsification has historical effects—effects the cause of equality can hardly afford
Frederick Douglass: “We must never forget that victory to the rebellion meant death to the republic”
150 years ago yesterday, Douglass delivered this Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery. Decoration Day was the predecessor of Memorial Day. Learn more about it here. Here is Douglass: The Unknown Loyal Dead Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on Decoration […]
Most popular posts of the last week
Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home; Rick Warren’s church ordains three women. Albert Mohler and the rest of the Southern Baptists are not happy Seven Mountain Dominionism at the […]
The Education of an Evangelical Insurrectionist
“I’m probably going to lose my job as a pastor after this.” Tyler Ethridge was days away from starting a new job as a youth pastor at an evangelical church in Florida. But before the former Texas high school football […]
A Second Glance
A hidden history lurks in the images featured in PBS’s The Black Church. Why didn’t its creators tell it?
Where does your state rank?
I am from New Jersey. New Jersey is ranked 48th in this poll. At least we beat out Mississippi, Alabama, and the District of Columbia! Obviously these people have never experienced a sunset at the Jersey shore, wandered along the […]