Surveillance technology seen worsening US eviction crisis
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation Increased use of surveillance technologies by landlords across the United States could worsen a looming eviction crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic, researchers and renters warned on Monday. Speaking on a webinar, tenants and tech experts detailed the use of cameras, facial-recognition scanners and license plate readers, which they said were […]
Born among the animals
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is built on the stone cave where they think Jesus was born. Stained glass windows depicting the birth of Christ in St Malachy’s Church, Main Street, Castlewellan, Northern Ireland, UK. PICTURE: K Mitch Hodge/Unsplash Stables in ancient Palestine were stone not wood – and often attached to houses. The […]
Inoculation logistics: COVID-19 vaccines raise hope but the ‘last mile’ challenge looms
THIN LEI WIN and NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on challenges of getting COVID-19 vaccines to people across the world…
Church vandalism in Washington DC exposes divisions over faith and politics
Washington DC, USAP Vandalism at four downtown Washington churches after rallies in support of President Donald Trump is exposing rifts among people of faith as the nation confronts bitter post-election political divisions. Among the damaged houses of worship were two historically Black churches where people ripped down Black Lives Matter banners, with video posted to […]
Essay: Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh fear their medieval churches will be destroyed
In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRISTINA MARANCI, professor of Armenian art and architecture at Tufts University, writes that in the aftermath of war, fears for the Nagorno-Karabakh region’s Armenian Christian monuments remain…