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The Root's Dayo Olopade and Eliza Griswold discuss violence, religion, nationalism and youth in Nigeria.
The Root's Dayo Olopade and Eliza Griswold discuss violence, religion, nationalism and youth in Nigeria. -
Tired of the same old Black History Month stories about George Washington Carver's uses for the peanut and Madam C.J. Walker's hot comb? This year, The Root asked its readers and staff members to submit photos of their own black history, from sit-ins to first communions to 90th birthday celebrations.
Black History Month Photos: The Root Readers and Staff's History -
Unlike many of his predecessors, King addressed both social reality and spiritual needs.
Why Martin Luther King Jr. Stands Alone -
Which is more important: tithing or paying off my $13,000 credit-card debt?
Fixing your debt or supporting your church? -
NEWSWEEK alumnus Richard Wolffe flags his juicy new book from the campaign trail: "Renegade: The Making of a President," with an excerpt at the DAILY BEAST. He recounts a secret meeting in Chicago with the president's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, at the height of the furor surrounding a series of sermons Wright delivered at Trinity United Church in Chicago:
Obama’s aides feared the worst from Wright’s return...
Barack Obama's Secret Chicago Meeting with Jeremiah Wright -
President Barack Obama spoke at the 164th commencement at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana this weekend. The speech was freighted with political controversy, primarily because Notre Dame is affiliated with the Catholic Church, which uniformly opposes the abortion rights and protections that the president supports. These weeks of tension leading up to the speech held an ironic quality—though Americans of many faiths are opposed to the woman's legal right to choose an abortion, Obama had worked with Catholic churches in his early days as a community organizer in Chicago when, as he said with a laugh, "I was really broke and they fed me."...
President Obama Talks Faith, Makes Nice with Pro-Lifers at Notre Dame Commencement Speech -
Some mega-church pastors are living large and somebody—maybe even the government—should find out if they are ripping off their congregations.
Pulpit Pimps? -
Unlike grandma and grandpa, who built their lives on deep religious faith, Bible study, prayer meetings and consistent church attendance, 11 percent of black Americans say they have no religion at all.
Losing Our Religion? -
Why the hit producer's narrow evangelism may not be doing black people any good
Tyler Perry's Conservative Tent Revival -
BOOK REVIEW: Sex and religion clash in a proxy fight for all the conflict and contradiction of life in the modern American suburb.
'The Abstinence Teacher'
