US bipartisan network of Christian groups launches police reform initiative
RNS A network of more than a dozen Christian groups is launching an initiative to address police reform. The Prayer & Action Justice Initiative – bringing together Black, Hispanic and Asian organisations along with groups focused on prisoners, prayer and public justice – will advocate for greater equality, accountability and transparency in the criminal justice system. “The […]
Sight-Seeing: Will the death of George Floyd sway white evangelicals on race?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, ROBERT K VISCHER, dean of the University of St Thomas Law School in Minneapolis, expresses his hopes that the death of George Floyd will see US evangelicals take “a deeper dive into the painful history of this fallen world we share”…
In the US state of Connecticut, disputes over Christopher Columbus statues play out in court
AP Disputes over what to do with statues of Christopher Columbus in Connecticut have resulted in both civil and criminal complaints. Sculptures of the explorer were erected in the 19th and 20th centuries across the state, which has a large Italian-American population, but many were taken down this summer following widespread racial injustice protests that […]
In US race protests, Chile’s Indigenous youth see echoes of their own land struggle
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Watching the US anti-racism protests from a rural town in southern Chile, 19-year-old Belen Curamil, an Indigenous youth leader, has felt a sense of shared experience. Curamil’s Indigenous peers have endured years of police violence: some have been jailed and others killed in clashes over land rights. Belen Curamil, third from […]