Olympics – Protests in Athens as Beijing prepares for Games flame
Athens, GreeceReuters Greek police detained two human rights activists after they unfurled banners at the Athens Acropolis on Sunday opposing the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China’s Games organisers prepare to receive the Olympic flame. The activists staged a brief protest at the Acropolis in the Greek capital early in the morning, holding up a […]
Australian Christians support international inter-faith action on climate change
Sydney, Australia Australian Christians have taken part in an international inter-faith action on climate change to demand that the country take much stronger emissions reduction targets to the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow. More than 120 places of worship across Australia displayed banners or held events on Sunday as part of a global faith […]
“It’s our stuff”: Consumers wage right-to-repair revolution
CAREY L BIRON and UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the growing push to address the mounting e-waste problem around the world…
Drought in northern Kenya pushes millions towards hunger
Marsabit, Kenya Reuters In northern Kenya, the ribs of dead sheep stretch towards the blazing sun as parched herders trudge past, a day’s march from water. The value of their skinny goats is falling as fast as the prices scrawled on the sacks in the market are shooting up. More than 465,000 children under five […]
Essay: Seven things white Christians can do to address white supremacy at church
ROBERT P JONES, founder of the Public Religion Research Institute in the US and the author of ‘White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity’, outlines how churches can practically address white supremacy…