Northern Ireland amnesty law angers families who say they will be denied justice
London, UKReuters The British Government pushed ahead with plans to offer an amnesty to former soldiers and individuals involved in decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland as victims say the new law will deprive them of justice. Unresolved crimes from Northern Ireland’s three decades of confrontation between Irish nationalist militants, pro-British “loyalist” paramilitaries and […]
Canada votes to collect data to document “environmental racism”
Toronto, CanadaThomson Reuters Foundation Canada will collect data on the impact on siting a disproportionate number of polluting industries and landfills in areas inhabited by racial minority communities, federal lawmakers voted Wednesday. The bill aims to tackle “environmental racism”, where Indigenous, Black and other racial minority communities are exposed to higher levels of dirty air, […]
US: IN TEXAS, FAITH-BASED BILLS ADVANCE IN DEFIANCE OF “ALMIGHTY DOLLAR”
MAX B BAKER reports for Religion News Service on the “culture war” brewing in the southern US state of Texas…
ESSAY: US ‘FIRST STEP’ ACT RECOGNISES THAT PRISONERS, TOO, ARE MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE
HEATHER RICE-MINUS, of Prison Fellowship in the US, says reform of the federal justice system is “overdue”…
US campaign to blitz the country with ‘In God We Trust’ laws takes root
RNS As the summer heat waxes and state legislative sessions wane, the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation has scored a few small but significant victories. This year, five state legislatures passed laws mandating that every public school prominently display the US motto, “In God We Trust.” The addition of Arkansas, which passed such a law in […]