Wow!: ‘Slavery and the City’ tour sheds light on London’s dark past
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a new walking tour of the City of London which highlights historical connections to slavery…
‘Nuns on the Bus’ creator to retire from US Catholic lobbying group next year
Washington DC, USRNS Sister Simone Campbell, the Roman Catholic sister made famous by her “Nuns on the Bus” tours and her support for the Affordable Care Act, announced Tuesday that she will step down early next year as head of Network, the influential social justice lobby. A member of the Sisters of Social Service, Campbell, […]
Most people would get COVID-19 vaccine if offered by government or employer – poll
London, UKReuters Most people would get a COVID-19 vaccine if their government or employer recommended it, results of a global poll showed on Tuesday, amid growing concerns about public distrust of the shots being developed at speed to end the pandemic. Some 71.5 per cent of participants said they would be very or somewhat likely […]
Masked Pope, faith leaders pray for peace and pandemic’s end
Rome, ItalyAP A masked Pope Francis welcomed religious leaders to a socially-distanced interfaith peace prayer Tuesday, appealing for a unified international effort to work for peace and an end to the coronavirus pandemic. Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh and Hindu leaders stood for a minute of silence to pray for all the victims of COVID-19 […]
With Junipero Serra banished, California’s Indigenous activists and artists ask what goes in his place
Los Angeles, USRNS When the Junipero Serra statue in downtown Los Angeles was toppled four months ago, artist and community organizer Joel Garcia was among those who cried, prayed and celebrated in a Native American ceremony. Activists removed the monument to the 18th-century Franciscan missionary because it symbolises to many an imperial conquest that enslaved […]
Books: Stories of engagement from a fractured country
JO KADLECEK reads ‘Uncommon Ground’…
Poll: US white evangelicals are religious outliers on every issue of concern to voters
RNS As they head to the polls, nearly all religious Americans say the coronavirus is the most critical issue facing the country, a new study by PRRI shows. But there’s one notable exception: white evangelicals. Only 35 per cent of white evangelicals said the coronavirus is of critical concern, PRRI’s 11th annual American Values Survey, released on Monday, […]
In a thirsty world, information gaps dog a push to tap groundwater
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As growing populations and accelerating climate change worsen water scarcity around the world, pumping more from underground could help fill the gap in poorer nations – but only if supplies are better charted and they are used wisely, researchers said. “It’s a resource with a huge amount of potential,” said Jude Cobbing, who […]
Millennials get little satisfaction from democracy – Cambridge study
London, UKReuters Young people are less satisfied with democracy and more disillusioned than at any other time in the past century, especially in Europe, North America, Africa and Australia, a study by the University of Cambridge has found. Millennials, or those born between 1981 and 1996, are more disillusioned than Generation X, those born between […]
Hedge rows
Touring New Zealand before COVID, we noticed these really, really tall hedge rows all across the wind swept countryside. They are made of pine trees and would be up to 30 metres high. PICTURE: Markus Winkler/Unsplash. They are amazing and must take some effort to maintain. I don’t know how they trim them! But with the […]