The New York Times

The Seminary Flourished on Slave Labor. Now It’s Planning to Pay Reparations.

School officials saw the transformation as a sign of divine blessings. But Mr. Brooks, a seminarian who would go on to become the bishop of his home state of Massachusetts, saw more than the hand of ...
WTOP News

‘Empower people who were disempowered’: Md. pastor on what it’s like to receive reparations check

John Samuel Thomas worked on the grounds of the Virginia Theological Seminary during a time of segregation and Jim Crow. His granddaughter describes what it feels like to receive payment for the labor ...
The New York Times

Seminary Built on Slavery and Jim Crow Labor Has Begun Paying Reparations

The Virginia Theological Seminary is giving cash to descendants of Black Americans who were forced to work there. The program is among the first of its kind. By Will Wright [Race affects our lives in ...
CNN

Virginia seminary sets aside $1.7 million to pay reparations to descendants of slaves

An Episcopal seminary in Virginia says it has set aside $1.7 million to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves who worked on its campus, putting the small school at the vanguard of colleges and ...
The American Conservative

Are Trans Non-Binary Clergy The Church’s Future?

What’s going on at Virginia Theological Seminary, one of the country’s largest Episcopal seminaries? Well, there’s this advice on how to start with gender-inclusive children’s ministry: Gender, like ...