Christian musician Sean Feucht brings COVID worship protest to Nashville, had no permit say health officials
Nashville, USRNS Christian musician Sean Feucht brought his worship protest tour to Nashville on Sunday. Feucht played before a mostly maskless crowd gathered on a public square in front of the Nashville Metropolitan Courthouse. Video of the event shows thousands of tightly packed people jumping and raising their hands as Feucht and his band play. “We had […]
Quick fix for hunger and climate goals? More spending on small farmers
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Global goals to tackle climate change and end hunger by 2030 are within reach if donors and developing nations help small farmers grow more climate resilient crops, access irrigation and tap into social safety nets, researchers said Monday. In a new report, they identified 10 key shifts that could lift nearly […]
Chocolate milk
I love this. Did you know that chocolate milk was invented by some brothers as an alternative to alcohol? PICTURE: Antonio Janeski/Unsplash In the 17th century they saw the poverty inducing, socially destructive influence of alcohol and thought – rather than post on social media and create a twitter storm – they would invent an alternative! […]
Coronavirus in Brazil: Catholics drawn to worship despite downsized services
TATIANA POLLASTRI and MAURICIO SAVARESE, of the Associated Press, report on how Roman Catholics in Brazil are weathering the coronavirus…
Mexico City marks Columbus Day without statue of Columbus
Mexico City, MexicoAP Mexicans have never had much affection for Christopher Columbus, and officials were being coy about why his statue was removed from the capital’s main boulevard over the weekend before Monday’s observances of Columbus Day, which saw protests in several Latin American nations. Unlike in other cities where monuments to the 15th century […]
Essay: Nobel Peace Prize – hunger is a weapon of war but the World Food Programme can’t build peace on its own
In an article first published on The Conversation, UK-based researcher SUSANNE JASPARS argues that the World Food Programme, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, “cannot become a substitute for political action to address the causes of conflict or for prosecuting crimes of mass starvation”…