Juneteenth observances must go beyond celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people to calling out modern forms of white supremacy that continue to oppress people of color, speakers said during a June 19 online vigil hosted by the Alliance of Baptists….
American hate groups are alive and well, SPLC says in new report
Hate groups are alive, well and busy despite the setbacks the criminal prosecutions and negative public exposure the Oath Keepers and others endured after the January 6 insurrection, according to a new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center. “The…
Catholic school and parents accuse Maine of avoiding Supreme Court ruling on tuition assistance
A Catholic family and school filed a federal lawsuit June 13 claiming Maine is effectively barring religious schools from a state tuition assistance program despite a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling clearing the way for the practice. St. Dominic Academy…
New study debunks the claim that conservatives are shut out of social media
A new report debunks conservatives’ claims that social media companies routinely censor conservative accounts and perspectives. The study by nonprofit Media Matters for America discovered that right-leaning internet pages generated more interactions than left-leaning or politically nonaligned pages from Jan….
Oklahoma’s OK for nation’s first religious charter school to be challenged in court
Legal, political and faith-based opposition is mounting against Oklahoma’s action clearing the way for the nation’s first religious charter school. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State announced preparations are under way for legal action after the Oklahoma…
Americans more pessimistic about state of our morality
American views of the state of U.S. morality have reached an all-time low amid growing concerns about social and political unrest and continued religious decline, according to a new Gallup survey. “These ratings come at a time of increased gun…
Once again, Congress urged to protest Afghan refugees on temporary status in U.S.
Living in the U.S. since 2021 without a pathway to permanent residency has kept Afghan war refugees constantly fearful of possible repatriation to a nation run by the brutal Taliban regime, experts said during a National Immigration Forum webinar. The…
U.S. urged to respond to plight of Black Mauritanians
Activists are stepping up pressure on the U.S. to grant asylum and other protections to Black Mauritanians facing imprisonment, torture, execution and slavery in the northwest African nation. Mauritanian diaspora leaders and other advocates participated in a June 6 webinar…
New assistance programs cause poverty rate among immigrants to fall in U.S.
Poverty fell steeply among immigrants in the U.S. after the Great Recession and even further during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by the Migration Policy Institute. The study analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data to measure the way…