How will we tell the story of our present and future as a nation?

The past several months have seen a flood of protests of unjust police violence against Black Americans and broader calls for a reckoning with the inequality present in America’s criminal justice system.

More than 40% of Americans either own guns or live in a home where firearms are present. Members of my faith tradition, white evangelical Christians, are more likely to own guns than are their complements among the general populace, but we are not alone among religious gun enthusiasts.

“We are now participating in an experiment of whether we can build--for the first time ever in the planet’s history--a true multiracial, multicultural democracy.”

In this election season, we’re in a protracted culture war that is threatening the stability of our nation.

Essential workers who have been infected by COVID on the job are increasingly affecting Muslim immigrants, replacing those who have been deported to Mexico and Central America.

The people of Hong Kong must weigh how best to resist a government that actively refutes all democratic aspirations. We, as Americans, likewise must be prepared to work to ensure that our democracy is not lost to anti-democratic forces in Washington and in the police forces across this nation.