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What would MLK do?

It isn't just on MLK Day that we watch it unfold. It happens with national race incidents. It happens in heated conversations. It happens in

Austin Channing Brown

January 18, 2016

Goshen professor earns Indiana’s highest civil rights award

GOSHEN, Ind. — Regina Shands Stoltzfus, assistant professor of peace, justice and conflict studies at Goshen College, has been awarded the Spirit of Justice Award by the State of Indiana Civil Rights Commission.

Goshen College

January 18, 2016

After watching Selma with Camila

Fabiola Flores was born and raised in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She has lived in the United States for 20 years, and calls Newton, Kansas, home. She

The Mennonite

January 13, 2016

No peace apart from justice

Today is the International Day of Peace. Yesterday was recognized in many faith communities as Peace Sunday, and I had the privilege of delivering the sermon

Amanda Arbour

September 21, 2015

Been down into the South

In 1961, when the Congress for Racial Equality planned a “freedom ride” through the South to test the integration of interstate transit, they were experimenting

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

May 27, 2015

Bridges, marches and ‘foot soldiers’

I thought I knew the civil rights story, but a weeklong seminar with Hesston College students, faculty, staff and friends March 7-14 gave me much

John E. Sharp

May 11, 2015

MWR speaker: Politics needs Anabaptist voice

HESSTON, Kan. — A former Kansas budget director who served both Democrat and Republican governors says the question for Anabaptists is not “Should we be political?” but “How should we be political?”

Speaking at Mennonite World Review Inc. annual corporation meeting March 6 at Hesston College, Duane Goossen said politics is fundamentally about how people with different ideas and values live together.

Goossen is senior fellow at the Kansas Center for Economic Growth and a member of Southern Hills Mennonite Church in Topeka.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 16, 2015

Dreams, deeds and the soul of Selma

Tens of thousands of Americans made the pilgrimage to Selma, Ala., March 7. They came to remember the sacrifices of everyday people who risked their

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

March 9, 2015

Discrimination complaint settled

A Mennonite couple in Iowa who declined to host a gay wedding at their business have reached a settlement to dismiss discrimination litigation. To avoid

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

February 16, 2015

‘Selma’: Recognizing yesterday is today

Last night I went to see Selma, and I was absolutely enthralled. The artistry was beautiful. The actors authentic. The lines soul stirring. When the

Austin Channing Brown

January 16, 2015