20+ hour, 37+ min ago  (469+ words) Henrietta Pussycat, Fred Rogers, and X the Owl. (Wikimedia Commons) Fred Rogers spent his life teaching children to recognize the innate dignity and love in themselves and in their neighbors. "Television has the chance of building a real community out…...

2+ day, 28+ min ago  (634+ words) Georgia Congressman John Lewis waves at the 50th Anniversary of the march on Washington and Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech, August 24, 2013, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D. C. (Joseph Sohm) It's time for America's 250th birthday and that has us thinking about where…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (250+ words) Rainey was a civil rights icon and a genuine pluralist " and there was no conflict between the two. He understood that the American project's strength lay in its capacity to absorb people whom the powerful had excluded " and let them…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (185+ words) Father Greg Boyle is driven by two foundational convictions: everyone is unshakably good, and everyone belongs. Boyle reminds us that Homeboy Bakery is a microcosm of our broader world. Eventually, those two guys will need to talk about the time…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (260+ words) Senor John Dominic, O. P. (Copyright " 2026 Openlight Media) You might have seen them on Tik Tok, Instagram, or even on NBC's TODAY show recently. They ask each other about hobbies, call each other "Sister," and laugh deeply. They also talk about their…...

2+ week, 4+ min ago  (653+ words) I can't stop thinking about a question I keep seeing online: will the NBA champion New York Knicks go to the White House? As a journalist and former CNN anchor, I've covered plenty of championship teams making the relatively routine…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (262+ words) Students participate in the "Listening Across Lines" event on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, as part of Harvard's "Interfaith Across Harvard Week." You know, the easy stuff. Organized by the Interfaith Engagement office at Harvard, the week represents Harvard's commitment to interfaith understanding…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (507+ words) Philadelphia, PA / USA - June 22 2019: Juneteenth Parade Philadelpiha at Malcom X Park African American Independence Day. (Shutterstock/Tippman98x) Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Short for "June nineteenth," Juneteenth is also known as the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (559+ words) As part of America's 250th anniversary birthday celebrations, leaders in Washington have posted an "America Prays" initiative, which hosted a "National Day of Prayer and Repentance on the National Mall" in May. In case you missed it, it represented a narrow…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (330+ words) Bruce Springsteen calls his musical career "a long and noisy prayer" not ultimately about discovering himself, but about understanding the people around him. He sings these songs in such a way that we not only identify with the characters we…...