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Without annual meeting, amid decline, Southern Baptists continue debate on race, women’s roles
(RNS) — Southern Baptists have struggled over the meaning of critical race theory in particular and the direction of the denomination in general.
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 10:15 PM |
Thousands of police officers are taking a knee. Will it make a difference?
(RNS) — The gesture is intended to show contrition and solidarity with protesters. But some question its effectiveness and say it won’t lead to lasting change.
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 9:32 PM |
Why cops attack racial justice protesters
(RNS) — Racism infects policing on every level, from policy to personal biases.
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 9:24 PM |
Grassroots Christians join clergy in outrage at Trump’s cynical church photo-ops
More than 25,000 sign Faithful America statement decrying the president's nationalist hijacking of religion as blasphemous, racist, and violent Following Donald Trump's violent photo-ops outside an Episcopal church and Catholic ...
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 6:12 PM |
Facebook, Instagram unblock #Sikh hashtag amid 1984 massacre remembrance
(RNS) — After nearly three months, Facebook and Instagram have unblocked the #Sikh hashtag, saying the block occurred ‘mistakenly’ after a user reported the hashtag in March.
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 6:03 PM |
Street art depicting Pope Francis highlights homeless struggle in Milan
(RNS) — The artist said his inspiration stemmed from seeing many people in Milan being forced to live on the streets due to the economic consequences of the pandemic.
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 5:33 PM |
Remembering the Christianity of Jesus, not empire
(RNS) — If Jesus were here today he’d be wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt while he held a sign and marched at a protest.
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 5:28 PM |
After St. John’s, thinking differently about a president, a Bible and race
(RNS) — Be glad President Donald Trump is holding the Bible, not because he is the embodiment of its words, but because it offers the fruits of the Spirit that he, and all of us, need.
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 4:46 PM |
Near Boston, a Friendly’s-turned-Hindu temple serves holy offerings to go
BOSTON (RNS) — The Hindu temple has been using its ice cream takeout window, left over from the facility's past life as a Friendly's restaurant, to serve socially distant holy food offerings.
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POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 12:50 PM |
Peaceful church protest in Brooklyn brings disruption, blessing and a call for change
NEW YORK (RNS) — Demonstrators at a church-led peaceful march in Brooklyn prayed for their city and protested for lasting change in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
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POSTED JUNE 03, 2020 10:44 PM |
Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Senate Unanimously Approves PPP Flexibility Bill: What Does It Include?
With overwhelming approval secured in both houses of Congress, major changes in PPP law are likely to become law very soon.
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 3:04 PM |
Pandemic Drives Emergency Housing Solutions—But There’s a Cliff Ahead
Eviction moratoriums, say many, just push a looming and ever-worsening problem down the road.
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 3:03 PM |
A New Political Generation Arises in Protests of George Floyd’s Murder
A network of young activists of color, often women, have made an impact through actions in protest of the murder of George Floyd and other anti-Black violence.
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 3:02 PM |
President’s Military Threat to Protestors: The Resistance of Defense Chiefs
For those of us who expect an attempt to use the military to control resistance to authoritarianism, the response of the Secretary of Defense is extraordinarily important.
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 3:01 PM |
Small but Mighty: The Minnesota Freedom Fund
A small bail fund in Minnesota finds itself the recipient of millions that flowed from spontaneous Twitter money raising related to the protests of police violence.
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 2:58 PM |
Time to Untether Philanthropy to Back Black-Led and Defined Work
Calls for funding Black-led organizing have increased, with some providing options that attempt to remove the direct control function of white-led philanthropy.
POSTED JUNE 04, 2020 2:53 PM |
Urban Protests Put US Economy in their Sights
While coverage of the protests in the wake of the execution of George Floyd has justifiably focused on police brutality, there is a strong economic undercurrent, too.
POSTED JUNE 03, 2020 2:54 PM |
In Albuquerque, Placemaking Persisted even as City Life Was Suspended
An arts-led initiative that had just started to click before New Mexico’s stay-at-home order took effect in March has made a positive turn toward the virtual.
POSTED JUNE 03, 2020 2:53 PM |
How to Try (and Fail) to Dominate a Crowd of Young People
Seven days after George Floyd’s murder, an estimated 15,000 people came out for a march in Oakland. What followed was a study in provocation and domination.
POSTED JUNE 03, 2020 2:52 PM |
Will Minneapolis Learn from Its Multiple Failures to Reform Policing?
Four years ago, a Black man was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on camera. Failure to reform the police then made Floyd’s murder a likely outcome.
POSTED JUNE 03, 2020 2:52 PM |
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