Say “No” to Religious Charter Schools

Say “No” to Religious Charter Schools

The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 5-0 to disapprove the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School’s application. In doing so, they rejected the Catholic church’s application to create “the first taxpayer-funded religious charter...
Keeping Hope Alive in Louisville

Keeping Hope Alive in Louisville

Jesse L. Jackson, speaking to the 1988 Democratic Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, said: “Wherever you are tonight, you can make it. Hold your head high; stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but the morning comes. … Keep hope alive. Keep hope...
The Idolatry of Second Amendment Worship

The Idolatry of Second Amendment Worship

A 28-year-old assailant walked into The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, a private elementary school on the grounds of Covenant Presbyterian Church. The assailant, Aubrey Hale, unloaded her weapons on unsuspecting children and school employees. During Hale’s...
The Bell Tolls on Climate Change

The Bell Tolls on Climate Change

The bell is about to toll on climate change, as the United Nations warned the world that we have less than a decade to meet an essential goal of the Paris Climate Agreement: limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial...