by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 24, 2020 | News
An additional 1.5 million children have entered a state of multi-dimensional poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published jointly by Save the Children and the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Sept. 17. Household income is only one measure of...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 23, 2020 | News
U.S. faith communities have experienced both growth and decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published on Sept. 15 by the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving. While a majority (52%) of the 555 faith communities surveyed reported increased...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 22, 2020 | Faith Freedom 2020, Opinion
Intentionally oblivious. Cold. Unseeing. Failing the second great commandment. Unsurprised. Those descriptors were used by faith leaders in response to a Barna Group report showing a growing divide between Black and white Christians in the U.S. on whether the nation...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 21, 2020 | News
U.S. food insecurity declined again in 2019, bringing the total below 2007 levels, according to an annual report released in early September by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Last year, 10.5% of U.S. households (13.7 million) experienced low or very low...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 17, 2020 | News
Teens in the U.S. tend to self-identify with the same faith tradition and practice many of the same faith expressions as their parents, according to a Pew Research Center report published Sept. 10. For example, 86% of teens of religiously unaffiliated parents...
