by Josef Kuhn | Oct 14, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) Prompted by civil liberties groups, a taxpayer-supported homeless shelter in the nation’s capital will no longer require its clients to attend religious services. “We’re pleased that the D.C. government will no longer be supporting such religious...
by Daniel Burke | Mar 30, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) It was billed as the first-ever congressional hearing on the civil rights of American Muslims. But it played more like an Act II than a premiere. In many ways, the hearing led by Senate Democrats on Tuesday (March 29) was the dramatic antithesis of...
by Jodi Mathews | Jan 17, 2003 | News
Overtly religious people may not serve as jurors, according to a recent New Jersey state appeals court ruling. Because the decision was not unanimous, 2-1, chances are likely that the case will be heard by the state Supreme Court, the Philadelphia Enquirer reported....
by Jodi Mathews | Sep 12, 2002 | News
A year after the Sept. 11 attacks, American still question which is more important: getting all the bad guys, or preserving civil liberties. A recent poll by National Public Radio, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government revealed...
by Robert Parham | Jan 28, 2002 | Opinion
Either/or thinking permeates American life. As an unrecognized form of thinking, it distorts reality, presenting false choices that constrict moral complexity and narrow the range of practical options. As an unrecognized form of thinking, it distorts reality,...