The Trump administration’s decision to cut nearly half the U.S. Department of Education workforce is a careless action that will wreak havoc in public schools and erode religious freedom, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty said. “This action is not…
Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks Bible curriculum for now
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has temporarily blocked state school officials from purchasing Bibles and Scripture-based instructional materials for use in public school classrooms. The March 10 order bars Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Department…
In a year of voucher mania, a controversial federal plan emerges
Donald Trump and congressional Republicans already intent on spending tax dollars on private education want to go even further by creating billions in new federal tax credits to school voucher programs. Newly introduced legislation would provide $10 billion in annual…
Panelists lay out the negative economic impact of Trump’s deportations
Donald Trump’s persecution of undocumented immigrants is already having an adverse effect on the U.S. economy, a financial expert said during a virtual press briefing hosted by America’s Voice. Recent economic data indicate a slowing of the economy since Trump…
Dismantling Education Department is straight out of Project 2025
News that President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order dissolving the U.S. Department of Education has riveted attention on Trump’s adherence to Project 2025, a conservative evangelical blueprint for dismantling the federal government. The Wall Street Journal…
Wage prophetic resistance, panelists urge Christians
Religious communities in the U.S. cannot sit idly by as the Trump administration persecutes immigrant families and cuts assistance programs to pay for it, said Bishop Dwayne Royster, executive director of Faith in Action. “We are truly living in unprecedented…
Four new lawsuits challenge Trump immigration actions
The Trump administration faces at least four lawsuits from activist groups, migrants and U.S. citizens for eliminating deportation protections that have saved hundreds of thousands of migrants from war, poverty and persecution in their home countries. One of the federal…
Oklahoma parents sue Walters to stop Bible curriculum in schools
The families, teachers and religious leaders already suing to block Oklahoma from buying classroom Bibles are now attempting to prevent the state from purchasing a Scripture-based curriculum for elementary school children. The plaintiffs filed a brief with the Oklahoma Supreme…
Revised book highlights religious freedom for African Americans
The Black church and community must band together to bring ancestral wisdom to bear against white Christian supremacy, said William Lamar, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., which recently won a court judgment against the Proud…
Trump pledge to protect kids from trafficking at odds with child immigrant policies
The Trump administration’s efforts to deny legal services to unaccompanied migrant children and to target minors for deportation do not line up with the president’s stated concerns about the trafficking of minors, child protection advocates said during a virtual press…
Take heart and speak out, Raskin urges democracy advocates
Americans opposed to the Trump administration’s attacks against religious institutions and its attempts to radically reshape the federal government must take heart and speak out now, said U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. Catholic and Lutheran relief groups have been denied…
US Supreme Court says Oklahoma Death Row inmate deserves new trial
Capital punishment opponents are rejoicing after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma Death Row inmate Richard Glossip must receive a new trial in the 1997 killing of a motel owner in Oklahoma City. But death penalty abolitionists also acknowledge…