Poverty lives beneath the surface; hidden, pushed down by shame and power. The slim majority of Americans don’t think of it–except when it comes close. Then prayers rise begging God to let that cup pass from us. But, when the current cost of living is considered, nearly half of all Americans are suffering under the poverty-line. For […]
Freedom Road Podcast
MLK50 and Lessons from the Movement
Freedom Road President Lisa Sharon Harper talks with Civil Rights legend Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian and Sam Fulwood III, Race and Politics Reporter at Think Progress. Episode #3 is sponsored, in part, by Center for American Progress and Repairers of the Breach New Poor People’s Campaign. Spoken Word: Visions of The Possible © 2003 […]
Immigration: Love, Fear, and DACA
There has been a war for the soul of America and the question of ‘who are we?’ has to be answered when it comes to immigration. Is the U.S. fundamentally a white nation as Ben Franklin historically argued that it should be? Or, is the U.S. a nation with potential to become the Beloved […]
Freedom Road Podcast: #Metoo #Churchtoo #SilenceIsNotSpiritual
Host, Lisa Sharon Harper, dives deep in this inaugural episode with three brilliant leaders: LaShawn Warren (Vice President of Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative for Center for American Progress), Belinda Bauman (Executive Director of One Million Thumbprints) and Nikki Toyama-Szeto (Executive Director of Evangelicals for Social Action). Four women, together in the studios of the Center for American Progress in Washington DC, […]