Murders of South African women as lockdown eases sparks online campaigns
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation A spate of murders of South African women in recent weeks, including a heavily pregnant woman stabbed and hanged from a tree, highlighted the need for tougher police action on violence against women, women’s rights groups said on Tuesday. Two weeks after South Africa ended a nine-week ban on alcohol […]
Essay: COVID-19 costs President Trump support among US Catholics
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how Catholic support for US President Donald Trump has been dented by his response to the coronavirus…
Postcards: In Brazil’s overcrowded jails, COVID-19 breeds fear and calls for change
FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Rio de Janeiro…
In the US, religious right laments Supreme Court ruling but sees opportunities
Washington DC, USAP The Supreme Court’s decision shielding LGBT people from employment discrimination dealt a blow to religious conservatives – and was penned by a justice they lauded after his nomination by President Donald Trump. The court ruled six to three on Monday that prohibitions against sex-based job discrimination established in the Civil Rights Act […]