Eboo Patel: This Thanksgiving, let’s celebrate cultural pluralism in our potluck city and nation
Diverse cultures are the secret to America’s strength. Chicago is one of the cities where that declaration has been made most boldly.
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Eboo Patel: University of Chicago religious scholar believed pluralism brings out our best
University of Chicago professor Martin Marty was convinced that totalitarianism could be avoided if we worked to build pluralism.
Eboo Patel: My mentor Howard Morgan helped me become the leader my institution deserved
Howard Morgan showed me the importance of mentoring and community contribution.
Eboo Patel: A Muslim family celebrates Christmas
The stockings are up. So is the tree. Gifts appear throughout December. Some are unwrapped on Christmas Eve, the rest on Christmas Day. It's all pretty typical for an American...
Eboo Patel: Our world needs social change agents. Here’s how to be an effective activist.
In my early years as an activist, I thought social change was about calling out all the ways that people in power were wrecking the world. Finding my voice meant...
Eboo Patel: Jane Addams’ example shows the way toward creating social change and restoring unity
I feel for today's graduates. They are coming of age at a time of massive instability, a set of tectonic changes that are no doubt contributing to the mental health...
Op-ed: Cubs and Muslim leader nurture grace, understanding at crosstown series
"We come on the day of jumah to gather as a human family." Rami Nashashibi paused to let the cosmic nature of the moment set in. He continued: "We gather...
Op-ed: What Martin Luther King Jr. taught us about embracing our enemies
This year's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day comes less than two weeks after a violent white mob, inspired by entrenched racism and dressed up in Christian symbolism, attacked...
Commentary: Here’s how Biden can keep the faith, and spread it
Joe Biden belongs to a marginalized minority. Or, at least, a once-marginalized minority. I know, I know, he's a straight, white male. But he's also a Catholic, and only the...
Saving America from bigotry
We're mostly disgusted with Terry Jones, pastor of the 50-member Dove World Church Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla. But a small part of each of us thinks we ought to...