UK to stop housing asylum seekers in 50 hotels by early next year
London, UKReuters Britain on Tuesday said it will stop using 50 of the hotels in which it houses asylum seekers and instead rely on cheaper forms of accommodation as part of plans to deter people arriving on the south coast of England in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping people arriving on […]
In the US, Oregon interfaith leaders declare win in vote to tighten gun control
RNS For Rev Mark Knutson, securing the necessary signatures this summer to get one of the country’s strictest gun control measures on the Oregon midterm ballot was an accomplishment on its own. Now, he and other proponents are declaring it a historic victory. “We are celebrating a victory for our children and youth and high […]
“A spiritual crisis”: US centre rethinks spiritual leadership for a climate-changed world
MARIKA PROCTOR, of Religion News Service, reports that at The BTS Center in Portland, Maine, thinking about the spiritual sector’s response to climate change is fueled by a common conviction: that the climate crisis is a spiritual crisis…
Addressing inequality: As pandemic bites, US cities use data to fight race and income gaps
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how US cities are using data to address inequality…
Rooftops to railways: neighbourhoods race to hit net zero climate goals
Durban, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Tackling climate change at a city level – let alone on a global scale – is time-consuming, but neighbourhoods are being targeted as testing grounds for speedy, community-led climate solutions. Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November, engineering company Arup and the C40 Cities network have launched […]
Addressing displacement: US cities offer displaced Black families the “right to return”
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how housing initiatives in Santa Monica and other US cities are redressing historical wrongs…
US city of Portland bans discrimination against atheists, other nonbelievers
RNS Non-believers in Portland, Oregon, are feeling affirmed this week after the city council amended the city’s civil rights code to extend protection from discrimination to atheists, agnostics and other people who claim no religion. “What it is is validating because my city thinks I am of the same value as any other individual, and […]