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The US Department of Justice is investigating the SBC. What does it mean?
(RNS) — A former FBI agent, who later ran the USCCB’s office of child protection, suspects federal officials want to make sure they have not missed any crimes in an SBC abuse report.
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 11:11 PM |
Report: Nonreligious LGBTQ people face heightened stigma, conceal their beliefs
(RNS) — A new report details the extent to which nonreligious LGBTQ people experience both religious oppression and anti-LGBTQ sentiment.
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 9:31 PM |
Dear Mormons in a faith crisis: You’re not crazy, wrong or stupid
(RNS) — Your old faith, like the caterpillar’s body, used to serve you well, until suddenly it didn’t.
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 8:28 PM |
My father’s drug addiction put a mask on me. Here’s how I took it off.
(RNS) — ‘Daughter of an addict’ is as accurate a reflection of my life as is ‘PR professional.’
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 8:06 PM |
Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Italian Emergency hospital in Kabul said that at least 27 wounded civilians, including five children, were brought there from the site of the bomb blast.
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 7:31 PM |
Attack on Rushdie shows divisions among Lebanese Shiites
BEIRUT (AP) — The religious edict, or fatwa, urging Muslims to kill Rushdie was issued in 1989 by Iran's then-spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who accused the author of blasphemy for his portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad in the novel 'The Satanic Verses.'
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 6:09 PM |
Ayurveda’s spiritual science makes inroads among foodies and healers
(RNS) — At the intersection of science and religion, the ancient art of ayurveda is attracting believers seeking to improve their health by treating soul and body.
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 6:06 PM |
They’re banning Anne Frank. Are you kidding me?!?!
(RNS) — Warning: They are coming for our young people’s brains.
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 4:19 PM |
Thailand’s restive south hit by wave of arson and bombings
HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — Muslim residents have long charged they are treated like second-class citizens in Thailand, and separatist movements have been periodically active for decades. Heavy-handed crackdowns have fueled the discontent.
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 3:51 PM |
Nepal’s holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage, trash
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tainted by garbage and raw sewage that is dumped directly into the waterway, Nepal’s holiest river has deteriorated so greatly that today it is also the country’s most polluted.
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 3:18 PM |
Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The Mutualist Ethic: Planting the Saplings for the Tree of Mutualism
This excerpt from Sara Horowitz’s recent book, Mutualism: Building the Next Economy from the Ground Up, explains how mutualism provides mechanisms for communities to reinvest in themselves and thus meet the needs of multiple generations.
POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 2:25 PM |
If at First You Don’t Succeed: A Tale of Co-op Advocacy and Local Government
There’s no one right way to advocate. But some tactics help. The story of how a co-op incubator got city funding in Cincinnati after years of trying provides some lessons.
POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 2:01 PM |
Reclaiming Our History of Mutualism: A Conversation with Steve Dubb, Rithika Ramamurthy, and Sara Horowitz
Sara Horowitz speaks to NPQ's economic justice editors about the past, present, and future of mutualism. As Horowitz explains, mutualism starts with community, involves exchange based on principles of reciprocity, and requires a long-term time horizon.
POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 1:43 PM |
No More Hogs at the Trough—Containing Corporate Subsidies in Texas
In 2021, a coalition of unusual political bedfellows put an end to a leading corporate subsidy program in Texas. But the struggle to hold the line on this victory continues.
POSTED AUGUST 17, 2022 1:37 PM |
Want to Build Community Capacity? Try Power Sharing through Co-governance
Hospitals are increasingly partnering with community groups. But such partnerships often falter—unless decision-making power is truly shared.
POSTED AUGUST 16, 2022 2:08 PM |
Racial Justice and Disability Justice: The Complex Journey
Disability rights built on the civil rights movement but ignored how ableism and structural racism intersect. True inclusion requires an intersectional approach, continual learning, and alliance building to advance just policies.
POSTED AUGUST 11, 2022 2:20 PM |
Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms
To prevent their bodies from becoming an on-call commodity owned by an algorithmic app, and the value of their labor getting extracted by capitalists, workers and movements must mobilize to own the apps themselves.
POSTED AUGUST 10, 2022 2:23 PM |
How a Louisiana Coalition Reined in Corporate Tax Exemptions
People often look to Washington to rein in giant corporate tax giveaways. Yet in recent years change has come from a more surprising place—Louisiana.
POSTED AUGUST 10, 2022 2:08 PM |
To Make Childcare Affordable, Recognize the True Value of Care Work
The struggle for wage justice is linked to the struggle for affordable childcare. And that requires upending patriarchal norms that have disregarded the core value of care work.
POSTED AUGUST 10, 2022 1:56 PM |
How Anti-Protest Laws Protect Violent Vigilantes—And Why We Must Fight Back
A new Iowa law that penalizes protest, emboldens violent vigilantes, and protects law enforcement continues a pattern of chipping away at our democracy by targeting activism.
POSTED AUGUST 09, 2022 2:05 PM |
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