New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organisation steps down just months on the job
Chicago, US AP A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of Rev Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organisation resigned Tuesday just months after he took the job. Rev Frederick Haynes III told The Associated Press that he submitted a letter with his resignation as head of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, effective immediately. “After a time of […]
Texas faith leaders condemn new election bills as Jim Crow dressed up in a “tuxedo”
RNS Faith leaders in Texas condemned a pair of controversial election bills Wednesday working their way through the state Legislature, accusing lawmakers of trying to “dress up Jim and Jane Crow in a tuxedo”. An array of clergy and other religious leaders assembled outside the Capitol in Austin to express opposition to the bills, known […]