Grassroots advocacy: In San Antonio, a pioneer of modern faith-based community organising has deep roots

Starting with flooding, COPS/Metro, a grassroots advocacy organisation consisting largely of San Antonio religious groups, took on the issues that San Antonio leaders were neglecting, revitalising a strategy of faith-based organising that spread throughout the US. ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN, of Religion News Service, reports…
Texas education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

Austin, Texas AP/Report for America Texas’ education board voted on Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools under optional new curriculum that could test boundaries between religion and public classrooms in the US The material adopted by the Texas State Board of Education, which is controlled by elected Republicans, passed in a eight to […]
Site of deadliest church shooting in US history is torn down over protests by some Texas families

Sutherland Springs, Texas, US AP Crews on Monday tore down a Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen worshippers in 2017, using heavy machinery to raze the small building even after some families sought to preserve the scene of the deadliest church shooting in US history. A judge cleared the way last month for […]
Nearly a million homes, businesses in Texas still without power after Hurricane Beryl

Houston, US Reuters Nearly a million homes and businesses in Texas remained without power on Friday, five days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall with fierce winds and rain that knocked down trees and electricity infrastructure. CenterPoint Energy, the largest power provider in Texas, said about 860,000 of its customers remained affected. It has restored power […]
Heat wave bakes Texas amid power outages while Canada braces for wildfires

Reuters Millions of Americans in south-east Texas endured brutally hot conditions on Tuesday without the relief of air conditioning after deadly Tropical Storm Beryl knocked out power to a large portion of the region. Scorching heat also baked much of the Western US and Canada, raising the risk of wildfires. A resident walks past debris […]
Storm Beryl kills three in Texas, knocks out power

Reuters Tropical Storm Beryl brought howling winds and torrential rain to south-east Texas on Monday, killing at least three people, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,000 flights and knocking out power to more than 2.5 million homes and businesses. Beryl, the season’s earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, weakened from a hurricane […]
Ports along Texas coast close, restrict traffic as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches

Houston, US Reuters Ports along the Texas coast were closing or restricting vessel traffic on Sunday to prepare for Tropical Storm Beryl, which was expected to strengthen back to a hurricane before hitting the area early on Monday. The storm, which at one point intensified to a Category 5 hurricane, left a deadly trail of […]
US-Mexico border: On bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, two sides of Biden border crackdown

ANDREW HAY and JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ, of Reuters, report on the impact of President Joe Biden’s new approach to the crisis on the US-Mexico border…
Strengthening Storm Alberto takes aim at Mexico’s Gulf coast, at least three dead

Mexico City, US Reuters The outer edges of Tropical Storm Alberto began to unleash heavy rains over parts of north-eastern Mexico near the US border late on Wednesday as the large tropical system closed in on the Gulf coast, killing at least three people. According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), the storm was […]
Tony Evans says he is “stepping away” from leading Dallas megachurch due to “sin”

United States RNS Tony Evans, the longtime leader of a Dallas megachurch and bestselling author, has announced that he is stepping back from his ministry due to “sin” he committed years ago. “The foundation of our ministry has always been our commitment to the Word of God as the absolute supreme standard of truth to […]