by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 21, 2020 | News
It is time to break silence on systemic racism, said Preston Clegg, pastor of Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas. Referencing Martin Luther King Jr.’s April 4, 1967, speech delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church, Clegg declared, “This is a time to...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 19, 2020 | News
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are helping progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a report from the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) published Oct. 5. “Any institution, organization or congregation affiliated...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 15, 2020 | News
Majorities of white Catholics, white evangelical Protestants and white non-evangelical Protestants continue to support Donald Trump for U.S. president, even as affirmation has dipped in recent months. Overall, an average of 61% of respondents from all three groups...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 14, 2020 | News
There are 152 million children in conditions of child labor worldwide, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s annual report published Sept. 30. Of this total, 73 million are working in hazardous conditions and 25 million in situations of forced labor. These...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 13, 2020 | News
We should not desire a return to our pre-pandemic normality, Pope Francis emphasized in his general address on Sept. 30. COVID-19 has revealed that we lived in an “ailing normality,” the pontiff said, which “was sick with injustice, inequality and environmental...
