College students, faculty and staff suffer from hunger at alarming and hard-to-believe rates, said Sarita Cargas, director of the New Mexico Basic Needs Consortium. “Students in higher education are particularly susceptible to food insecurity because they are not working as…
Court blocks Trump’s arrests of already vetted refugees
A federal court has temporarily paused a Trump administration policy allowing the arrest and possibly indefinite detention of refugees lawfully resettled in the United States. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston granted six refugees, Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts…
House Republicans want nationwide book bans
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to pass a bill that would codify nationwide book bans. House Resolution 7661 was introduced last month in a purported effort to prevent minors from accessing sexually explicit literature and other…
Faced with a lawsuit, Texas admits Muslim schools to voucher program
Texas has approved at least four Islamic schools to enroll in the state’s $1 billion private school voucher program just days after a federal judge ordered an extension of the application deadline. Before the restraining order was issued, not a…
AU sues for information on Pentagon and Labor prayer meetings
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has filed lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Labor demanding public records related to monthly prayer meetings hosted by both agencies. The Freedom of Information Act…
Republican leaders won’t denounce Islamophobia
Republican fearmongering about Muslims and Sharia Law is generating plenty of pushback from Democrats and civil rights groups across the country, but next to nothing from GOP leaders in Congress. Islamophobic rhetoric is on the rise as conservative members of…
Tennessee joins the fray on Ten Commandments law
The Tennessee Senate passed a bill March 19 mandating public schools display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms. The vote followed the February passage of a similar bill by the state House of Representatives and ignored a March 13 letter…
AWAB calls Baylor to give LGBTQ voices the same platform as TPUSA
Baylor University should grant LGBTQ students the same fairness and openness it has readily shown in allowing Turning Point USA to host an event on campus in April, the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists said. “AWAB affirms the importance…
Authors seek to counter Islamophobia
Christians opposed to Christian nationalism and President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants can push back in part by learning about Muslims and Islam, according to the Baptist authors of a new book on Islamophobia. “The Christian nationalism we are seeing,…
Arkansas Ten Commandments law ruled unconstitutional
An Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in all public-school classrooms is unconstitutional because its sole intent is to convert students to Christianity, a federal court has ruled. “Act 573’s purpose is only to display a sacred, religious text in…
Judge orders Texas to extend deadline for school vouchers
A federal judge ordered Texas to extend its application deadline for private school vouchers in response to lawsuits filed by Muslims parents and schools excluded from the program. Four parents and three private Islamic schools involved in the litigation said…
She’s a conservative who was kicked off Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
Carrie Prejean Boller said she was stunned to learn the White House Religious Liberty Commission is more focused on supporting Israel than on protecting the faith freedoms of Americans. And it was just as astounding that commission leaders attempted to…