As Biden’s agenda navigates US Congress, faith groups lobby Manchin
Washington DC, USRNS Religious leaders are pushing US lawmakers in different directions as they debate major aspects of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, with some framing support for anti-poverty measures as a matter of faith and others expressing concern the Federal Government will do away with some religious exemptions. But regardless of their cause, faith […]
Essay: Christians, it’s time to add infrastructure to the pro-life agenda
JOHN FEA, who teaches American history at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, argues – in an article first published on Religion News Service, that a failure to pass US President Joe Biden’s infrastructrure bill would be a “massive moral failure” – and that should concern all Americans, but especially Christians…
Faith leaders and Texas Democrats march to US Capitol to demand voting protections
RNS A group of Democratic Texas legislators marched with faith leaders from the Supreme Court building to the US Capitol on Thursday morning to deliver letters demanding change for millions of people impacted by poverty and voting disenfranchisement. “The 65 million low-wealth voters in this country hold the key to transformation,” said Rev William Barber […]