by Sue Smith | Apr 28, 2021 | Opinion
It was a steaming hot afternoon in southern Mexico. We left the final small market town and traveled nearly an hour on rutted dirt roads to reach Carmen Grande, an Indigenous riverbank community in Los Altos de Chiapas. This was before the pandemic, and we had come to...
by Mitch Randall | Jul 16, 2020 | Opinion
As COVID-19 cases increase across the country, public and private schools are preparing to welcome students, teachers and staff back to campus. Unfortunately, they are returning to the classroom during a very perilous and unstable time. The choice to physically open...
by David Gibson | Dec 6, 2011 | News
NEW YORK (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (Dec. 5) let stand a lower court ruling that bars congregations from using space in New York City schools for after-hours worship services. The decision appears to end a legal saga that began in 1995 when the Bronx...
by Kimberly Melton and The Oregonian | Dec 10, 2010 | News
(RNS) Oregon state officials released a policy on Wednesday (Dec. 8)intended to give school districts guidance in applying Oregon’s new law on religious clothing. A statewide ban on teacher religious dress was originally enacted in 1923 to keep Catholic nuns from...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 8, 2010 | News
(RNS) A leading “ex-gay” group, concerned about a recent rash of anti-gay bullying, has ended its role in the annual “Day of Truth” events that encourage students to express their opposition to homosexuality. The annual school observance was meant to counter the “Day...