Psalm 24:1 says: “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” In the conclusion to his 1962 masterful book The Fire Next Time, writer James Baldwin writes: Everything now, we must assume,…
Trump admin must prove it didn’t violate injunction against Baptist church
The Trump administration must prove to a federal judge that its surveillance of a Baptist church and other congregations did not violate an injunction barring the government’s clandestine efforts. U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor in Massachusetts scheduled a Sept. 4…
Lawsuit seeks to force Trump admin to disclose use of voter database
A nonprofit housing-justice organization filed a lawsuit to force federal agencies to disclose how they are using an immigration-related database to track benefits given poor and working Americans. Democracy Forward announced the litigation filed Aug. 26 in the U.S. District…
Study documents ICE hiring violent criminals as agents
At least 152 federal immigration agents have been charged with or convicted of violent crimes including rape, kidnapping, child molestation and murder at some time in their lives, according to a new report by the Ohio Immigration Alliance. The organization…
A clergy call to preserve our democracy
The last time I was in Minneapolis, the city was under siege. In January, I came to Minneapolis on behalf of Baptist News Global. I arrived two weeks after Renée Nicole Good — a U.S. citizen and mother of three…
The tragic targeting of Christians by the Trump administration
Conservative Christians and members of the Trump administration have proclaimed this current government as a defender of Christianity and religious freedom. These proclamations are completely dismissive of numerous instances to the contrary, including the latest heartbreaking news that our government…
DHS claims it did not violate court order by spying on Baptist church
The Trump administration claims its spy mission in a Baptist church did not violate an injunction barring immigration actions on or around the property because its operative infiltrated a gathering other than a worship service, according to an Aug. 23…
Springfield’s Haitian immigrants vanish after losing TPS protection
Thousands of Haitian immigrants who’ve lived in Springfield, Ohio, for years suddenly disappeared from their jobs, churches and schools after losing their Temporary Protected Status, drivers licenses and work permits last month. ICE agents have fitted many with ankle monitors…
Undercover ICE agent spies on Baptist church
Leaders and members of a Minnesota Baptist church were stunned and angered to learn recently that an undercover immigration agent entered their facilities to spy on the congregation in May. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer reportedly entered University Baptist…
Whistleblower claims Trump’s campus antisemitism crackdown was a cash grab
A new whistleblower report alleges that the Trump Administration’s investigations into campus antisemitism were merely efforts to extract millions from universities, under the pretense of rooting out hate.
Fueled by Supreme Court, Trump admin sending more TPS holders away
The Trump administration has now succeeded in ending Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from 12 nations with an additional termination pending in federal court. TPS is a federal program created in 1990 to grant immigrants who fled war or natural…
Trump’s Justice Department charges former SPLC staffer
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a former Southern Poverty Law Center executive in connection with the government’s ongoing fraud case against the civil rights organization. Political extremism expert Heidi Beirich was arrested at her home in Palm Springs, Calif.,…