Faith groups among those granted money from US billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
RNS A number of faith-based groups were among the nearly 300 recipients of $US2.7 billion in grants announced Tuesday by billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to organizsations addressing a range of social issues. Scott, who was formerly married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, wrote in a Medium post that she and her husband, Dan Jewett, worked with researchers, […]
A racial reckoning: One year after George Floyd’s murder, US religious leaders continue the call to address injustices
Correspondents for Religion News Service report on how faith leaders have responded to the past year’s racial justice protests – and how they’re marking the anniversary of George Floyd’s death…
In the US, police shooting of Jacob Blake prompts calls by faith leaders, Governor for reform
RNS Muslim and Christian leaders are decrying the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as authorities begin an investigation into the incident and the Governor calls for a special session of the legislature to address police accountability. The Council on American-Islamic Relations called for “immediate action” against the officers involved in the […]
US congressional hearing on travel ban highlights impact of muddled waiver process
RNS Ismail Alghazali has never met his five-month-old daughter. “I live in darkness, and my family is my only light,” said Alghazali, a Yemeni American who works at a Brooklyn bodega and has not seen his wife and two young children in more than a year. A House Committee on the Judiciary‚ Subcommittee on Immigration […]
US faith and civil rights groups ask for FBI meeting on white nationalism
RNS A coalition of faith groups and civil rights organizations is asking to meet with the director of the FBI, arguing that after a string of attacks on houses of worship in recent years, the agency should focus on the threat of white nationalism. The coalition, which includes Muslim Advocates, the Union for Reform Judaism, […]