How do you grieve when you’re surrounded by hate?

The family that lost two daughters in a Chapel Hill shooting last year want to know. This breaks my heart. Breaks it.

No, race car fans. It’s not “political correctness” to lower the battle flag.

Instead, it’s noble, and both right and righteous to do so. When you try to defend your Confederate battle flag at Florida’s Daytona International Speedway this weekend, you came off looking dumb, and more than a little racist around the edges. I, too, was taught — until I was in high school, that is — …

Forgiveness is not ours

Listen to this conversation among religious leaders who talk about what forgiveness should look like in Charleston, S.C., where two weeks ago a young white man, espousing white supremacist ideology, shot and killed nine people studying their Bible at Emanuel AME Church. I appreciated everyone’s contribution to this conversation, but I am drawn to the …