AUTHOR

John Evans

John Evans has written for theater and the big screen. His essays, fiction and poetry have appeared in several publications on the East and West Coasts.

RELIGIOUS LITERACY
From India to Manhattan to Canada, it is the same: Sikhs the world over, regardless of their station in life, believe in equality, community and mutual respect.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Chances are you’ve never heard of Jane Verin.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Since its founding, the IRF Roundtable has attracted representatives of 800 organizations and has launched over 200 initiatives championed by a mosaic of faiths.
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
Organized religion, it may be argued, has been the main, if not the sole civilizing influence our species has had.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
A lifetime has already passed since that 1963 speech, and we, at the end of that passage of time, still live in a country made dangerous by hate.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” —Buddha
INCLUSION & RESPECT
It takes just over an hour—roughly 75 minutes—for TikTok to deliver Nazi content to a new user who didn’t search for it.
TOLERANCE
This Thanksgiving, let us be reminded that we have far more that brings us together than tears us apart.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
The path taken by those who choose hate is the one true path to perdition.
HATE WATCH
“The people I work for were smart enough to start Backpage.com.” —Tony Ortega