Aug. 22 marks the observance of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, a reminder that it takes the typical black woman 19 months to be paid what the average white man takes home in 12 months. Over a 40-year career that difference adds up to almost $950,000.
Southwestern Seminary’s attempts to distance itself from its once-celebrated president come as a generation of younger Southern Baptists grapple with the legacy left by their predecessors.
The “1619 Project” takes the arrival of the first enslaved people as a seminal event with which to reframe U.S. history, charting how there’s little that doesn’t somehow have the legacy of slavery at its foundation. But this reframing proved all too much for an
The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery and offers the section as a PDF.
After paying their bills, a survey finds 42% of respondents decided not to take a vacation with at least one overnight stay since July 2018. Others reported skipping a restaurant meal or another recreational activity during the past year.
Fear that two pastors who testified at last month’s State Department Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom might face arrest on their return to Myanmar prompted letters of concern from Baptist leaders in the United States.
The United Methodist Church General Conference organizers have determined enough improper voting likely took place at the 2019 special session in St. Louis to nullify a key vote on how congregations can leave the denomination.
Two small-town Virginia churches with two very different congregations share the same name, Friendship Baptist Church. They've each found themselves caught up in controversy tied to President Trump's racist rhetoric.
Some of the negative online reviews posted online about guided tours of Southern plantations went viral after a former congressional candidate tweeted a screenshot of one.
A secretive organization that has courted political leaders and built international influence while undermining the constitutional division of the church and the state in the process is at the center of a new five-episode documentary series called “The Family.”