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…
Springtime for war crimes
There is a song in Mel Brooks’ musical The Producers called “Springtime for Hitler.” In the show, two producers intentionally create the most offensive Broadway musical imaginable. They assume no audience would tolerate a Broadway number glorifying Adolf Hitler. The…
US congregations appeal for peace with Cuba
Thirteen mainly Baptist congregations in the United States have issued a “Plea for Peace with Cuba” that describes a “moment of exceptional urgency” in the Caribbean nation. “We sound this call as those who have walked with and seen the…
Sean Feucht partners with Trump admin for ‘Roots of Revival’ tour
Christian nationalist revival leader and Trump loyalist Sean Feucht announced he is partnering with the federal government on a worship tour that will coincide with the nation’s 250th anniversary. The “Roots of Revival” tour will include 20 stops from March…
ICE actions keeping tens of thousands of kids out of school
The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts are coming at a high price for public school districts in Florida, the Orlando Sentinel reported. “Statewide, school enrollment is expected to be down by about 46,000 students this year. State demographers, in a January…
White House wins gold medal in internet fakes
For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. men’s hockey team is at the top of the world. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, the American men faced a series of challenges culminating in a 2-1 overtime win against Canada…
SBC influencer William Wolfe wants an America of white people
“My boys all look like me. And I want my children to grow up in a country where they’re not minorities,” William Wolfe said out loud in a video now posted online. “I want my boys to grow up in…
5 things I wish every U.S. citizen knew
It’s hard to believe 14 months into Donald Trump’s Reign of Terror 2.0 anyone still believes the administration’s rhetoric around its immigration enforcement practices. I’m a female pastor in a progressive Baptist church in Texas. It isn’t as if I’m…
DOJ wants to use money due Hispanic victims to increase deportations
A proposed settlement of a Texas property scam lawsuit would divert $20 million from Hispanic victims of the scheme to immigration enforcement in the very community where consumers were swindled. In response, a coalition of immigration advocacy, civil rights and…
Congressmen demand release of Dreamers wrongly detained
Three Democratic members of Congress joined immigration advocates in demanding the release of detained Dreamers just hours before one of the targets of their ire, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, was fired by President Donald Trump. The virtual…
Report documents local law enforcement becoming ICE extensions
About 77 million U.S. residents now live in counties where local law enforcement agencies have been contracted and trained to conduct immigration enforcement actions on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a new report. The number of state…
‘The administration is implementing policies hostile to refugees’
A coalition of refugees and immigrant rights groups has sued the Trump administration to stop it from continuing to arrest and detain certain lawfully resettled refugees. The action targets the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s new “Refugee Detention Policy” authorizing…