Judges grant stay of execution for two Black death row inmates in Oklahoma
A federal court in Denver has granted a stay of execution for two Oklahoma inmates, one of whom claims innocence and has worldwide support for his clemency.
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Chicago's Black Catholic founder honored with new street signs on former Lake Shore Drive
With Mayor Lightfoot in tow, street signs were unveiled last week for Chicago's newly renamed DuSable Lake Share Drive, two years in the making and not a moment too soon.
'We're engaged in a battle': Part 3 of interview with Keith 'Bomani Shakur' Lamar, scheduled for execution in 2023
A death row inmate in Cleveland explains how supporters can help him advocate for his life and prevent the cycle of desperation in the community.
'There was a plan set in motion to re-enslave': Part 2 of interview with death row inmate-activist Keith Lamar
Keith 'Bomani Shakur' Lamar imparts wisdom on mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, and literacy in the Black community—prisons included.
'It can be devastating, if you stop moving': Interview with Keith 'Bomani' Lamar, death row inmate sentenced for 1993 prison riot (part 1)
Keith Lamar, a Black Clevelander sentenced to death for a prison riot he says he had nothing to do with, tells his story to Alessandra Harris.
Opinion: Climate change is a Black Catholic issue, too
Ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Alessandra Harris argues that climate change is a matter of racism, faith, and action.
Interview: Fr Amado Picardal, CSsR, faithful witness amidst state violence in the Philippines
Zuri Davis shares an interview from 2019 with a peaceful freedom fighter overseas who is also a Redemptorist priest and hermit.
Statement from the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators on abuse of Haitian migrants
The nation's diocesan Black Catholic ministry directors lament the ongoing border crisis with Haitian migrants, and the dehumanizing response.
Pope Francis petitions Missouri governor for clemency in Ernest Johnson execution case
The Holy Father has spoken through his US emissary to request that the governor of Missouri commute the death sentence of an intellectually disabled inmate.
Despite slate of executions scheduled in next month—including one tonight—USCCB issues Respect Life Month statement on abortion
The US bishops' pro-life committee chair has released a statement for Respect Life Month, which begins in a few days. Only kind of life seems to be the focus.
'A betrayal': Black Catholic head of National Urban League blasts Republican lawmakers for opposition to police reform act
The head of a leading civil rights organization has called the news of yet another dead police reform bill "unacceptable", as Congress continues to stall.
Marc Morial joins letter to Biden on Haitian migrant abuse, deportations
A host of civil rights leaders—including a Black Catholic—have signed onto a statement decrying the treatment of Haitian migrants this week at the US-Mexico border.
Opinion: Until the whole life matters to conservative Catholics, critiques of Biden's failures ring hollow
Gunnar Gundersen explains why Biden's new comments on abortion put him not in opposition to far-right voices, but on a similar plane of anti-Blackness.
NETWORK Lobby names Black Catholic as second-in-command
The nation's most high-profile social justice group run by religious sisters has named Joan F. Neal as their first-ever deputy executive director.
Guy Sansaricq, Haitian-American bishop in Brooklyn, releases statement on Moïse assassination
The highest-ranking US cleric of Haitian descent, bishop-director of the National Haitian Apostolate, has released a statement on the situation unfolding in Haiti.
DOJ announces federal death penalty moratorium
The Biden administration has taken its first official swipe at capital punishment, questioning the former administration's policies and halting federal executions in the process.