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September 2013

September 05, 2013
A new semester is underway and I get to teach my new, favorite class, Religion...
September 05, 2013
How did Syria go from an internal uprising to a wider clash drawing funding and...
September 05, 2013
by Crystal St. Marie LewisR3 Contributor *This first appeared on the Crystal St. Marie Lewis BlogI...
September 04, 2013
September 04, 2013
by Candice BenbowR3 ContributorMuch has been said regarding an exchange between media mogul Tyler Perry...
September 04, 2013
Several Catholic bishops have threatened that, if made to comply with the HHS ruling requiring...
September 04, 2013
by Cedrick Von JacksonR3 ContributorMany of us may remember the childhood story of Hansel and...
September 04, 2013
Cedrick Von Jackson serves as Pastor of Mt. Zion Missionary BaptistChurch, Sardis, MS. Prior to...
September 04, 2013
R3 contributor Kimberly Peeler-Ringer will co-host the SistahSpeak show; a show for, by, and about...
September 03, 2013
"What's outrageous? Poverty wages!" This chant, echoed by thousands of striking fast food workers as...
September 03, 2013
Dr. Andre E. Johnson is pleased to announce the publication of The Literary Archive of...
September 02, 2013
by Crystal St. Marie LewisR3 Contributor*This first appeared at Crystal St. Marie Lewis blogLast night,...
September 01, 2013
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King immortalized many phrases still used in the contemporary American lexicon....
September 01, 2013
There is an unspoken reality in America. Despite the nation’s history as a self-proclaimed bastion of...
September 01, 2013
Sunni and Shia Muslims are killing each other in several nations, most notably in Syria's escalating civil...

August 2013

August 30, 2013
by O'Shan Gadsden R3 ContributorI recently began reminiscing about a long-term patient I treated while completing...
August 30, 2013
Of the 10 holidays recognized by the federal government, the future status of two —...
August 28, 2013
by Andre E. JohnsonR3 Editor*Note: Portions of this post were given at the African American...
August 27, 2013
For the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, the civil rights movement is not a period...
August 27, 2013
Just a few weeks ago, evangelist Jefferson Bethke wrote a provocative essay for The Washington...
August 27, 2013
On most Mondays this summer, protesters have been congregating in North Carolina to raise a...
August 27, 2013
Religion has long had an extraordinary influence in U.S. politics compared to other democracies. But...
August 27, 2013
The recent death of Robert Bellah made me reread his classic essay on American civil religion, which first...
August 27, 2013
My story is almost always met with surprise: How could an atheist convert to Christianity at...
August 26, 2013
R3 contributor Dr. Daniel White Hodge discusses his book The Soul of Hip Hop: Rims,...
August 25, 2013
Last week I wrote a blog post about the potential intersections of race, sports, and...
August 22, 2013
On Tuesday August 20, 2013, Michael Brandon Hill, a man dressed in black and carrying...
August 21, 2013
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August 20, 2013
Mental health concerns are among the biggest and most dangerously tabooed topics in Black America.  A...
August 19, 2013
Last week there was a flurry of controversy over the public disinviting of gospel star Donnie McClurkin...
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