(RNS) — The leader of the National Baptist Convention USA Inc., a historically Black denomination, said gerrymandering threatened to “destroy” the power of voters, in a plea for turnout in the midterm elections this fall. “You got to get back up and fight for your...
(RNS) — This week, Republicans are gathering for a midterm convention in Dallas, in my own backyard, immediately before the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11. But angry demonstrators outside our mosques are not something that arrived with the convention. On Fridays,...
(The Conversation) — “Look No Further!” a billboard on the side of the highway beckons, drawing my gaze toward the red cover of a Bible. “You Are Worthy of Redemption!” Not far away, another sign urges me to “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Then farther down the road a...
WITTENBERG, Germany (RNS) — The sun was setting over the birthplace of the Protestant Reformation, and polls were set to close in an hour for a high-stakes election in Saxony-Anhalt, when the youth choir paused from singing to take a stand. Standing in front of...
(RNS) — Six police officers removed a 14-year-old Muslim boy from a meeting of the Fire and Police Commission of Oak Lawn, Illinois, a close southwest suburb of Chicago, last month. Video taken at the meeting appears to show one of the officers applying a...
