Uncategorized Whose Faith Matters? The Fight for Religious Liberty Beyond the Christian Right A new report from the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School documents the many contexts in which people of faith engaged in humanitarian and social justice work…
Uncategorized U.N. report: With 40M in poverty, U.S. most unequal developed nation "The United States has the highest income inequality in the Western world, and this can only be made worse by the massive new tax cuts overwhelmingly benefiting the wealthy," Alston…
Uncategorized A Holiday Comeback for Toys ‘R’ Us? Sarah Anderson reports on how retail workers are fighting private equity firms that make money by putting people out of work. https://ips-dc.org/a-holiday-comeback-for-toys-r-us/
Uncategorized Understanding The U.S. Economy: Lots Of Rotten Jobs "When U.S. unemployment is at a 50-year low, why do so many people have trouble finding work with decent pay and adequate predictable hours? A new economic indicator—the US Private…
Uncategorized Millennials Are Leaving Religion And Not Coming Back from FiveThirtyEight "A majority (57 percent) of millennials agree that religious people are generally less tolerant of others." "Why does it matter if millennials’ rupture with religion turns out to…
Uncategorized Great Employment Numbers: 44% of Fully Employed Make $18,000 a Year or Less https://therealnews.com/stories/employment-numbers-fully-employed-low-pay-no-security
Uncategorized Resurgence of nationalism is a ‘setback for humanity’, says German theologian Jürgen Moltmann https://www.christiantoday.com/article/resurgence-of-nationalism-is-a-setback-for-humanity-says-german-theologian-jurgen-moltmann/133756.htm
Uncategorized 87 Percent of Americans Unaware There’s Scientific Consensus on Climate Change from Weather.com https://weather.com/science/environment/news/americans-climate-change-scientific-consensus
Uncategorized Trump’s EPA is checking off an anti-environment wish list. Here’s who will suffer. Every day that the EPA quietly ticks off another item, the social and financial consequences are being shifted from polluters to at-risk communities. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-epa-checking-anti-environment-wish-list-here-s-ncna1086321
Uncategorized NEW REPORT: EARTH’S TEMPERATURE LIKELY MARKS HOTTEST DECADE ON RECORD BY MATTHEW GREEN, REUTERS https://sojo.net/articles/new-report-earths-temperature-likely-marks-hottest-decade-record
Uncategorized What We Can Learn From Waiting by Lori Erickson https://mailchi.mp/e1b40e7c1f68/waiting?e=e2fa9bfa35
Uncategorized World’s Largest Public Bank Ditches Oil and Coal in Victory for the Climate Movement from EcoWatch https://www.ecowatch.com/eib-fossil-fuel-divestment-2641351165.html
Uncategorized For Many Immigration Activists, Welcoming “Strangers” Is an Act of Faith By Menachem Wecker https://religionandpolitics.org/2019/10/22/for-many-immigration-activists-welcoming-strangers-is-an-act-of-faith/
Uncategorized Thanksgiving: A Native American View http://www.purewatergazette.net/nativeamericanthanksgiving.htm
Uncategorized Offshore windfarms ‘can provide more electricity than the world needs’ Supplies from turbines will prove to be the next great energy revolution, IEA predicts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/24/offshore-windfarms-can-provide-more-electricity-than-the-world-needs
Uncategorized Are LGBTQ Employees Safe From Discrimination? A New Supreme Court Case Will Decide https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767251772/are-lgbtq-employees-safe-from-discrimination-a-new-supreme-court-case-will-decid?fbclid=IwAR2z8c3GrBkBAi8Br6ec_SF1pdyo5pSkZRaqAsP8ZFR0Mwy-sf83uDeJ7qs
Uncategorized Honoring Rachel Held Evans This past week the Evolving Faith conference, which Rachel started, was held in Denver. These articles describe the outstanding legacy she leaves. How Rachel Held Evans really should be remembered…
Uncategorized ‘A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD’ IS A PARABLE ON LOVE https://sojo.net/articles/beautiful-day-neighborhood-parable-love
Uncategorized How Climate Change in Iowa is Changing U.S. Politics Extreme weather in Iowa has forced 2020 U. S. presidential candidates to tackle climate change head-on. https://time.com/5669023/iowa-farmers-climate-policy/
Uncategorized The Great Tax Break Heist by Paul Krugman https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/opinion/trump-tax-opportunity-zones.html
