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The Black Church Is Getting Back Into Politics. It Never Really Left.

Every few election cycles, someone in national media “discovers” that Black churches are political institutions, as if this were breaking news. It isn’t. It’s the load-bearing wall of Black civic life in this country, going back to before Reconstruction, and it’s doing exactly what it has always done this year, ahead of the November 2026 […]

Voting Rights After the VRA: Why Black Churches Are Doing the Job Washington Won’t

Voting Rights After the VRA: Why Black Churches Are Doing the Job Washington Won’t

Earlier this month, the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. — one of the oldest and largest historically Black denominations in the country — opened a Center for Social Justice steps from the U.S. Capitol, directly across the street from the Supreme Court. The placement isn’t subtle, and it isn’t supposed to be. NBCUSA President Boise […]

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