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Aishat Okunade, Asiya Uwimana and Lorena Montana Silva sit on the red carpeted floor of the prayer room of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, talking with one another.

Faith, Race, Place

What makes some houses of worship diverse and others not?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 1, 2022

Race, economics, politics, gender — diversity in religious spaces doesn’t happen by accident. Five local houses of worship share their stories.

Rev. John C. Welch stands in front of an altar in Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church.

Faith, Race, Place

Why does my neighborhood have so many old churches and synagogues?

by Chris Hedlin January 31, 2022February 1, 2022