US faith groups claim legal victories on refugees, ICE raids at houses of worship
RNS Religious groups challenging President Donald Trump won a pair of legal victories this week, blocking the administration’s efforts to dismantle the refugee program and reinstating sensitive-location protections from immigration enforcement in some houses of worship. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Washington state sided with the plaintiffs – which included Church World Service, HIAS […]
Essay: Mass deportation is not the answer – loving your neighbours is
BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, says deporting immigrants will not make the US great, but it is destroying hard-working families and stoking fear and division in our communities…
Wow!: UK Quakers join with Open University in peace course
ANGELA YOUNGMAN reports on a new initiative between the Quakers in Britain and Open University…
Essay: Trump isn’t defending religious communities – he’s waging war on them
Rev PAUL BRANDEIS RAUSHENBUSH, president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance in the US, says the Trump administration is already the most harmful to religious freedom in modern American history…
Wow!: New documentary tells America’s story of religious freedom
FIONA ANDRÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on the new documentary, ‘Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty’…
Essay: The election is over. Our work is not
BRIDGET MOIX, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says Americans now need to turn to the work of building democracy day-by-day, in communities and with elected officials, those they agree with and those they don’t…
Essay: Seeking truth, justice and healing in the new school year
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BRIDGET MOIX says this year, US Congress should pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act…
Essay: At Quaker World Plenary, Americans are seen as key to building peace
BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, reflects – in an article first published on Religion News Service, on a recent gathering of 500 Quakers from more than 50 countries in South Africa…
Seventy-five Christian leaders urge US President, Congress, churches to act on racism, poverty
United States RNS Seventy-five leaders of national Christian organisations and prominent churches have sent a statement to the White House, Congress and congregational leaders calling for greater action to address racism and poverty. “People of color continue to suffer problems related to race – high rates of death during childbirth, for example, and fear of […]
Essay: We need practical – and humane – migration solutions
BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the US Friends Committee on National Legislation, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that sincere bipartisan negotiations and solutions on immigration law in the US are overdue…