(RNS) — The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is acquiring the Center for Faith, Justice, and Reconciliation in a move its leaders say will help them broaden efforts to support a more universal range of religious freedoms in the country. The 87-year-old coalition of 15 Baptist denominations, including both […]
Month: March 2023
Results from a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey add to the evidence that teen mental health is in crisis, with particularly concerning numbers surrounding teen girls. The survey found around 1 in 3 high school girls in the U.S. have seriously considered attempting suicide and more than half […]
A new plan to ban refugees arriving in the UK by small boats from today from claiming asylum will push the boundaries of international law but will not break it, a senior Tory has said. Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation on Channel crossings on Tuesday […]
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering a review of “age-inappropriate” sex education materials in schools. Sunak has expressed concern over the content of Relationship and Sex education (RSE) classes to several of his colleagues, the Telegraph reported. Miriam Cates, the Conservative MP for Pennistone, reportedly presented Sunak with […]
Katrina Brees credits her love of art to her whimsical, talented mother. For more than a decade, the two worked side-by-side producing parades in New Orleans. Her fond memories of her mom include “just her dancing in a parade, just her feeling the music, feeling the audience, giving love.” But […]
Just when we thought it was behind us, 1861 is back. It might not have been cannon shots on Fort Sumter, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), widely known as MTG, is firing away at our “united” states, in a series of declarations endorsing the separation of blue and red […]