by Zach Dawes Jr | May 7, 2021 | News
Is systemic racism a reality – both historically and currently – in the U.S.? Does racism undergird certain structures and systems, practices and perspectives within the nation? If it is, and if it does, how can people of faith talk about, and constructively engage...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 6, 2021 | News
Public trust of journalists has been in decline for decades in the U.S. A recent study conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research (AP-NORC) suggests that a key factor is skepticism about several core journalistic principles. Five core...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 5, 2021 | News
Faith groups and leaders across the U.S. have welcomed the policy change announced by the Biden administration on May 3, which will increase the annual U.S. refugee resettlement quota to 62,500. The previous administration had reduced resettlement quotas to 15,000 for...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 3, 2021 | News
More than one-third of U.S. children live in low-income households, according to fact sheets published in early April by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP). NCCP analysis of United States Census Bureau data for 2019 – released at Census.gov in the fall...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 30, 2021 | News
More than half a million people in the U.S. were homeless in early January 2020, according to a U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report published last month. The 580,466 people counted during HUD’s annual point-in-time assessment is a 2.2% (12,751-person) rise...
