rev. william barber

When I mention Moral Mondays to secular friends, few have heard of it. In faith-based circles, Rev. William Barber has inspired thousands, but, at least on the surface, he hasn’t ignited a national…

From the very beginning of Rev. William Barber’s ministry in the state of North Carolina that we now know as Moral Mondays, he has challenged his fellow North Carolinians to remember their heritage…

Rev. William Barber’s book, The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement, is a refreshing primer on moral movement building. We progressives tend to…

I moved to the Triangle area of North Carolina in 2014, and I had only heard of Rev. William Barber through the media, namely through his Moral Mondays movement. What I remember most was a news clip…

Rev. William Barber’s conversation with Peter Laarman, here in RD, underscores an important strategic lesson for those of us who seek to be justice-makers—we cannot do this work from ahistorical and…

On a warm day in July 2013, I found myself on the wrong end of a canceled flight out of RDU Airport. I used the opportunity to travel into downtown Raleigh to observe one of the early Moral Monday…

Rev. William Barber’s faith grows out of the Cane Ridge Revival of 1801, part of the Second Great Awakening. In his new book, Barber notes that the descendants of that revival were active participants…

Chances are you have heard something about the Rev. William Barber II. He is the giant of a man (in more senses than one) who launched the Moral Mondays movement in North Carolina in 2013—a movement…