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5 days ago · Seventy-five leaders of national Christian organizations and prominent churches have sent a statement to the White House, Congress and congregational leaders calling for greater action to address racism and poverty.
2 days ago · Recently, some people have pointed out that the inaccessibility of churches is a voter suppression issue. That’s because, according to Christianity Today, 20 percent of the more than 60,000 polling places in the United States are in churches. Thirteen states had 25 percent or more of their polling places located in churches for the 2022 election.
3 days ago · Some religious leaders say Equal Rights Amendment infringes on their rights. Madison McVan. Wed, May 8, 2024, 5:50 PM EDT · 2 min read. Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment applaud during a ...
4 days ago · Press Release. March 11, 2021. Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce the Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2021. Legislation improves U.S. consideration of programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian emergencies, bolstering strategic support for humanitarian actors.
3 days ago · The Episcopal Church ( TEC ), based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Michael Bruce Curry, the first African American bishop to serve in that ...
5 days ago · Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today introduced the ‘Showing Up for Students Act,’ which provides $280 million in additional funding for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education, doubling its funding from fiscal year 2023. The OCR is the office responsible for protecting the civil rights of students in American schools, including from ...
5 days ago · David Spicer, an immigration policy adviser with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, provided a historical overview of U.S. immigration laws and how several have been passed to restrict the number of migrants arriving from various countries, beginning with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
