“Tree equity”: US cities urged to focus planting in areas most at risk
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation US cities are increasingly recognising trees as critical infrastructure but still need help figuring out where to plant them, conservation advocates said Tuesday as they launched a tool to map where greenery is most needed. Beyond urban tree cover, officials also need to look at local data on income, race, […]
The Interview: Author Aaron Griffith on how law-and-order evangelicals helped shape the US criminal justice system
YONAT SHIMRON, writing for Religion News Service, speaks with Aaron Griffith, author of ‘God’s Law and Order: The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America’…
Equity and discrimination top issue for young Australians – survey
Equity and discrimination has topped a list of young people’s concerns for the first time in Mission Australia’s annual survey of older teenage Australians. Released on Wednesday, the findings of the latest survey – which involved some 25,800 young people aged 15 to 19 years – revealed 40.2 per cent, when asked to list the […]
Essay: It’s time to end ‘name and shame’ religious freedom policy
In an article first published on Religion News Service, PETER HENNE, an associate professor at the University of Vermont, says it’s time for the US to adapt a different approach to tackling the issue of religious freedom around the world…