On an unremarkable day, a most remarkable interview would reroute the trajectory of my life. A recent Notre Dame graduate in 1985, my first job as a journalist at the local NBC television station was ...

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"God rest ye merry, gentleman," the Christian world, the South African world, the human rights world, and the justice and peace world could all intone while farewelling one of the world's moral giants ...

There are times in my life—in many lives—when multiple identities come into play. I was born in Due West, South Carolina, during Jim Crow, and was what was known in some quarters as a P.K., a preacher ...

Desmond Tutu, the black South African Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid activist, died Sunday at the age of 90. The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said that Tutu had passed away from ...

In a season when we have lost so many Black leaders, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has left us in body at age 90 but remains with us in spirit as an ancestor. Fondly known as the “Arch,” Tutu was a ...

Tutu held various distinguished positions in the 1970s, enabling him to actively fight against apartheid and for equality between races in South Africa. Using his degree in theology and his teaching ...