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Kamala Harris is more than her gender and race. She is also the future of American religion.
(RNS) — ‘The Biden-Harris ticket looks a lot more like America’s future,’ said one demographer, ‘and the Trump-Pence ticket looks a lot more like America’s past.’
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POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 7:11 PM |
Harris’ nomination shows why representation matters, but is not enough
(RNS) — The Democratic vice presidential nominee has to show the moral courage to address her own role in perpetuating systems that drag underrepresented communities down.
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POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 6:36 PM |
For Italy’s Muslims, few places to pray and fewer places to bury COVID-19 dead
(RNS) — As the pandemic proceeded, the building of Islamic cemeteries became a front in a populist culture war.
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POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 2:57 PM |
‘Bless Your Pastor’ aims to show love to America's church leaders
Amid COVID-19, the National Association of Evangelicals launches a grant-funded ‘wave of sharing and caring’ With nine out of every 10 pastors in America under “financial pressure,” and six out ...
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POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 2:41 PM |
5 faith facts about Biden VP contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren — a former Methodist Sunday School teacher
(RNS) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is no stranger to the campaign trail. Warren ran for Democratic presidential nominee before throwing her support behind the presumptive nominee and former Vice ...
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POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 8:12 PM |
How interfaith activism helped Saadia Faruqi change the face of children’s books
(RNS) – Saadia Faruqi’s writing draws on her two decades as a Muslim interfaith activist in Texas — and as the mother of two children.
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POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 6:15 PM |
5 faith facts about Biden’s VP choice Kamala Harris — a Black Baptist with Hindu family
(RNS) — Few, if any, vice presidential candidates have had as much exposure to the world’s religions as Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old senator from California whom Joe Biden picked Tuesday (Aug. 11) as his running mate.
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POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 5:55 PM |
Trump’s 2020 religious attack on Biden harks back to 1800
(RNS) — Then too, a Democrat was charged with being godless.
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POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 5:51 PM |
Vatican’s China deal may protect Chinese Catholics, keep Pope Francis silent
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A new deal with the Vatican could protect Chinese Catholics but silence Pope Francis’ critiques of China.
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POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 5:47 PM |
Nuns' advice on coping with pandemic: Eat, pray for Dr. Fauci, love your neighbor
(Global Sisters Report) — Like the rest of us, Catholic nuns are stuck at home and missing sports, but are keeping busy with prayers, baking and friends.
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POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 2:48 PM |
Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
A Most Dangerous Intersection: Revisiting Race and Class in 2020
In the 1960s and 1970s, racial wealth and wage gaps were declining, then grew again. We need to understand why if we wish to reverse this pattern.
POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 2:21 PM |
Automatic Forgiveness on PPP Loans Looks Likely as Banks Push for It
Now that the banks that originated many of the PPP loans are faced with processing forgiveness applications for real, they’d like to cut to the chase.
POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 2:16 PM |
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Deciphering the Dubious Payroll Tax Deferral
There is far less to the payroll tax deferral announced by Trump last Saturday than meets the eye.
POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 2:15 PM |
Firestorm over Seattle’s Tiny Steps to Defund the Police
Seattle’s City Council voted Monday to pass an urgent mid-year budget that, in the end, cut less than one percent from a $400 million police budget. What now?
POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 2:14 PM |
A Nonprofit Spends $6.5 Million on Its Home in a Park
It might seem senseless to make a big capital commitment on a site at a time like this, but some endeavors are shielded from the environment.
POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 2:13 PM |
Mutual Aid in Fishing Communities: The Need and the Response
The unusual effects of the coronavirus have presented fishing communities on the coast of Oregon with unprecedented problems.
POSTED AUGUST 12, 2020 2:11 PM |
Census 2020: A Call for Nonprofit Action—Before It’s Too Late!
The US Census Bureau’s action to accelerate its counting timetable, even at the risk of systemically undercounting rural residents and people of color, must not stand.
POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 1:24 PM |
With the Whole World at Stake, Only YOU Can Get Out the Vote
Given the stakes, promoting voter participation in the 2020 elections is a nonprofit’s civic duty.
POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 1:22 PM |
In Twin Cities, Mutual Aid Groups Surge after George Floyd Murder
In the Twin Cities, mutual aid networks have experienced explosive growth in the wake of the Memorial Day police murder of George Floyd.
POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 1:20 PM |
Small Senior Center Faces the Steep Hill of its Future with Resolve
The pandemic has punished senior centers. This one was caught in the middle of an ambitious but reasonable plan that now looks dangerous. Still, our money’s on them.
POSTED AUGUST 11, 2020 1:19 PM |
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