Confederate memorials still divide Americans and religion is a big predictor – survey
United StatesRNS “The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” William Faulkner once famously quipped. The Mississippi writer had it right – at least when it comes to the Civil War, anyway. A war that split America as it was fought continues to do so in its memory. An 2020 image of the late […]
Ethnic minorities disproportionately affected by coronavirus – The Lancet
Reuters Ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus, with Blacks and Asians at increased risk of COVID-19 infection compared to white individuals, according to an analysis published in The Lancet medical journal. About 18.7 million patients from 50 studies were included to establish the findings, the analysis said. Forty-two of the studies […]
The Long Read: Long after murders, Black voting is still troubled in Mississippi
With the US election looming, TIM SULLIVAN, of the Associated Press, reports on how, six decades on from the tumultuous 1960s, Black voters in the US state of Mississippi still face obstacles to voting…
South Africans go online to document police brutality
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Strict enforcement of South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown by police and the army has placed the spotlight on official brutality, a cause of anger among the majority Black population for decades. Now a coalition of human rights organisations called C19 is seeking to document those abuses, hoping the data gathered will […]
THE INTERVIEW: TONY EVANS – PASTOR, AUTHOR, AND RADIO BROADCASTER NOW HAS A STUDY BIBLE AND COMMENTARY BEARING HIS NAME
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with US pastor Tony Evans about his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott and his wife’s health…
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: IN THE US, BLACK SEMINARIANS TAKE FIRST-TIME RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COURSE
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports…
Black men more religious than whites in US, research shows
RNS Historically, women tend to be the stalwarts when it comes to religion, while men attend religious services less often and are less likely to say their faith is very important to them. But a new analysis shows that black men defy this trend. A study by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday has found that while black men […]
Americans expect wealthy people, whites, males and conservative Christians to gain influence under Trump
Most Americans expect the wealthy, white people, males and conservative Christians to gain influence under a Donald Trump presidency, according to a new poll. A Pew Research Center study looking at expectations about which groups in society will gain and lose influence under his administration also shows that Hispanics, poor people and gays and lesbians are […]