By: Beth Baumann – townhall.com – June 21, 2020 The Black Lives Matter movement has gained steam recently following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month. Protests and riots have taken place across the country, all in the name of so-called “justice” for Floyd. BLM organizers have repeatedly said their goal is to end “police brutality” and “systemic racism” that disproportionately...

By: David French – frenchpress.thedispatch.com – June 7, 2020 Today let’s dive into one of the toughest questions of our religious, cultural, and political lives. While we write and print millions of words about race in America, why is it still so hard to have a truly respectful, decent, and humble dialogue about perhaps the most complicated and contentious issue in...

By: Benjamin Watson & Brian Fisher – humancoalition.org I do a fair amount of writing for Human Coalition, so it’s always a welcome relief when someone offers to jump in and co-write an article with me. When I started writing this short blog series on abortion and racism, I was honored that Bishop Vincent J. Mathews Jr., President of the International Missions Department,...

By: Benjamin Watson & Brian Fisher – humancoalition.org I do a fair amount of writing for Human Coalition, so it’s always a welcome relief when someone offers to jump in and co-write an article with me. When I started writing this short blog series on abortion and racism, I was honored that Bishop Vincent J. Mathews Jr., President of the International Missions Department,...

A string of recent race-related incidents have exposed painful divisions that run deep in our society. The most high profile of these incidents — the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer — launched our nation into a renewed conversation about racial injustice. CBS News reports that there have been over 700 Black Lives Matter demonstrations spanning all...

By: David Marshall – stream.org – June 13, 2020 As flames, tear gas, and rifle-fire convulsed American cities, New Yorker reporter Isaac Chotiner sat down with Black Lives Matters co-founder Opal Tometi for an upbeat and uncritical interview. I have twenty less softball-ish questions I’d like to ask Ms. Tometi and her co-founders Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, if they can...

By: Chris Marquette – rollcall.com – June 10, 2020 Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for the removal of 11 Confederate statues from the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection. In a letter sent on Wednesday, Pelosi asked the Joint Committee on the Library — led by Senate Rules and Administration Chairman Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, and House Administration Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, a...

By: Zachary Evans & John Loftus – nationalreview.com – June 11, 2020 Editor’s Note: A wave of “cancellations” has swept the U.S. Compiled here is a list of people, monuments, and artistic works that have been the targets. The events are listed in reverse chronological order, although some incidents do overlap. This list will be updated as the cancellations continue. Please send...

By: Brett Samuels & Morgan Chalfant – thehill.com – June 9, 2020 President Trump is sinking behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in polls less than five months from Election Day amid a series of damaging responses to the national protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. Trump’s rhetoric has been out of step with public polling that...

By: Chris Morton – thefederalist.com – June 6, 2020 With the George Floyd protests and riots, feelings and emotions have inevitably diverged with statistical fact more than ever. The narrative is rammed down our throats at a rapid rate, while the statistical data is inevitably more complex and requires part of an afternoon to digest. In the age of high-octane social media, part...