(RNS) — There is an unfolding tragedy of epic human proportions happening at the start of 2025 that has been entirely preventable and remains, this very moment, something that can be reversed. Imagine this: Children waiting in the hot summer...
(The Conversation) — Millions of people have been visiting Prayagraj, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, to take part in the Maha Kumbh festival – a six-week-long event that began on Jan. 13, 2025. Called the...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday for firing a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue during the early months of the Israel-Hamas war. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after...
(RNS) — On Monday (Feb. 3), Elon Musk and Mike Flynn sent a shot across the bow of every faith-based organization in the United States when they falsely accused a swath of Lutheran social service organizations of “money laundering” and promised...
(RNS) — When my sons were young, they had a malapropism that I loved. Something could be “bad.” Or, it could get “worse.” Or, it could get “worser.” Last night, I thought of their youthful way of framing the world....
(RNS) — Last year, many of us took to the streets, called our neighbors, built coalitions and marched to the polls. We did this concerned that we would have to protect the communities most likely to be attacked by another...
(RNS) — The Rev. Richard Edwin Youngblood, the brother of a minister who has accused Bishop T.D. Jakes of sexual misconduct, has made his own accusation against Jakes, claiming the Texas megachurch leader climbed into bed with him on a...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group that played a key role in Donald Trump’s voter outreach to the Arab American community alongside his allies is rebranding itself after the president said that the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip. Bishara Bahbah,...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Vice President JD Vance addressed a group of religious leaders on Wednesday (Feb. 5) at the International Religious Freedom Summit, arguing President Donald Trump will prioritize the right to worship freely abroad even as his administration faces...
(RNS) — American Jewish institutions offered a mostly muted response to President Donald Trump’s startling proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and drive its Palestinian residents to neighboring countries. Trump’s announcement that the United States could take a “long-term...
