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I see moral progress revolving like this stretched-out coil, advancing up and forward, then circling down and back, though ...
My reflections on the papacy of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 April 21, are intertwined with experiences of prayer.
Note: William Polite died in April 2025 at age 58. Here is a look at his life in a story published in July 2022: WICHITA, Kan ...
Sixtus Z. Atabong will be awarded the second Diekemper Service Above Self Award at the Rotary Club of Lubbock’s annual ...
The deep history of the Penn Center, a former school for enslaved West Africans, and its connection to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Plus: the 'Burning Man of Running,' what Norman Maclean taught us about how to live, and why I love John Mulaney ...
When Lewis Diuguid began working at The Kansas City Star as a reporter and photographer, the newsroom was a very different ...
Her appeal to the president was part of an advocacy for marginalized communities that took root as a Christian missionary in ...
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of ...
A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s ...
From Scraps to LetterMartin Luther King Jr. penned his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail in 1963. Sign up for our ...
On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...