Recent Stories
Was your town a sundown town?
How to find out if your community intentionally excluded African Americans.
Is your congregation talking about peacemaking?
UUA seeks congregational input on peacemaking resolution by March 1.
Prophetic nonviolence
Toward a Unitarian Universalist theology of war and peace.
The War on Drugs' war on families
A documentary film shows the tragic consequences of mandatory minimum sentences.
Forgotten story of America's whites-only towns
James Loewen documents the rise of 'sundown towns' and their enduring legacy.
Spirited defender
Karen Tse's human rights ministry is helping to eradicate torture.
Our calling, Summer 2007
The unfulfilled promise of a racially and culturally diverse Unitarian Universalism.
UUA pressures Fidelity over Sudanese investments
Retirement plan holders urged to change funds.
What torture has taught me
My twelve years at the helm of Amnesty International.
Heroes' dilemma: How much would you sacrifice?
The complex moral legacy of Martha and Waitstill Sharp.
Of hummingbirds and immigrants
'Hummingbirds migrate north and south just like we do.'
UU Service Committee led on Central American human rights
Fifteen years of advocacy in El Salvador.
Church groups organize in more states for marriage equality
Developments in Unitarian Universalist advocacy for marriage equality.
Visit to Darfur refugee camp in Chad
The UUA president reports from a fact-finding trip.
The Veatch story
A generous gift has provided millions for Unitarian Universalist and social justice programs.
UU Veatch grants support justice programs
A few modest corrections won't fix the injustice in our society; radical change is needed.
Parents crusade to end the death penalty
A Texas couple's crusade to end capital punishment.
Baton Rouge swells with displaced people
UUA president expresses outrage at government’s hurricane response; donations to UUA-UUSC fund reach $386,000.
Maryland UUs battle for marriage equality
Same-sex couples sue for marriage licenses in Baltimore.
New social justice consulting program
Antioppression consulting program helps congregations in existing justice efforts.
Reforming a criminal justice system in crisis
The General Assembly considers a new Statement of Conscience.
UUA celebrates same-sex marriage anniversary in Massachusetts
The party included music, a wedding cake, toasts, and thousands of paper hearts.
The microcredit revolution
How small loans to people in poverty are empowering women and transforming local economies around the world.
Gay rights timeline
Major social, political, and religious milestones on the road to equality.
Same-sex marriage comes to Massachusetts
Deeper and broader trends make the rest of the country more tolerant, too.
Human rights and the evil of terrorism
Terrorists commit vicious human rights crimes. But they also thrive on the crimes of others.
Unitarian Universalist questions about war
How do you "support the troops" when you oppose the war?
Ellery Schempp stood up for religious minorities
Ellery Schempp's 1958 lawsuit ended mandatory Bible readings in school.
Are Americans afraid of freedom?
Many Americans see liberty as terrorism's accomplice.
It came upon a Unitarian midnight clear
Edmund Hamilton Sears's beloved carol longs for peace.
Why Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't a UU
A reflection on race and theology.
Against vengeance
Witness for the things that make for peace.
A step toward racial reconciliation
A Cincinnati church reaches out to the family of a black Unitarian minister it rejected many years ago.
Breaking the cycle of violence
Responding to terrorism without promoting more violence.
Goals of the UU Holdeen India Program
Seven principles for a partnership with the oppressed.
Hut schools for India's child laborers
The UUA Holdeen India Program supports schools for child laborers.
Transforming the lives of India's 'broken people'
How the UU Holdeen India Program helps India's outcastes.
Witness to Reeb's death looks back
A witness to Selma's tragedies revisits the path of tears and learns to dry his own.
Bearing witness to human diversity
A visit to Auschwitz.
Unfinished journey: Selma 1965
Unitarian Universalists responded to Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to Selma. Two gave their lives.
Timeline of the Selma civil rights campaign
From Selma to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Memoir of King's eulogy for James Reeb
A witness's diary captures the torment and magic of James Reeb’s eulogy.
