Watchdog files complaint after US judge gave Bible to Botham Jean’s murderer
RNS The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a letter of complaint with a Texas judicial conduct commission against a Dallas judge for offering a Bible to former police officer Amber Guyger after sentencing her for the murder of her neighbour, Botham Jean. The actions of Judge Tammy Kemp of Texas’ 204th District Court were […]
As legal fight over forest rights drags, millions more risk eviction
Udaipur, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of Indigenous people face eviction in India after states stopped processing new land claims under a law that is being challenged in the country’s highest court, land and human rights advocates warned on Friday. Earlier this year, India’s Supreme Court stayed its ruling that ordered the eviction of millions of […]
‘Empty promises’ could pop bubble of investing for good
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThomson Reuters Foundation Investors in projects that do environmental or social good said on Thursday that their burgeoning industry’s reputation was at risk because they could not measure their impact. The $US500 billion impact investment industry – from green energy schemes to homeless services – is growing rapidly as wealth shifts into the […]
MUSIC: AFTER 30 YEARS LEADING CHURCH, MARVIN WINANS STILL SAYS “MUSIC IS WHAT I DO”
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with US Pastor Marvin Winans…
In Dallas, Southern Baptist leaders gather to address church abuse
Dallas, USRNS On Thursday, members of the Southern Baptist Convention kicked off a three-day summit focused on confronting sexual abuse, with church leaders and abuse survivors calling for the rejection of a religious cultures that can perpetuate abuse and for new systems to protect the vulnerable. Hundreds of pastors and SBC members filled the sprawling […]
Central America’s “poorest of the poor” hit hard by US aid cuts – charities
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation From drought-hit farmers and hungry children to battered women, tens of thousands of people in Central America have been hard hit by US Government aid cuts, according to major charities. Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – known as the Northern Triangle – was […]