From solar cars to fake pork: best new tech for good
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Often cited as a window into the future, the annual Consumer Electronics Show parades countless cutting-edge innovations and crazy gadgets on the larger-than-life strip that is Las Vegas. Among the giant TVs and cute robots that draw huge crowds to the mega conference – now in its 10th year – technology […]
Christians urge California governor to veto bill for abortion pill access at colleges
Los Angeles, USRNS Christian organisations are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to veto a bill that would require the state’s public universities to offer abortion medication through campus health clinics. If signed into law, the “College Student Right to Access Act,” or SB 24, would take effect in January, 2023. Newsom has until Sunday to make a […]
INVESTING IN COMMUNITY: FROM HOMELESS CHEFS TO FIRE HOSE HANDBAGS, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS THRIVE IN THE UK
ZOE TABARY, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how ‘social entrepreneurs’ in the UK are tapping into consumer demand to tackle social issues within the community…
Americans “not interested” in US pastors’ views on social issues, study finds
RNS What do pastors think about social or political issues? Americans don’t particularly want to know. Only 8 per cent of adults say they are interested in hearing pastors’ views on issues such as same-sex marriage, LGBT rights, abortion, guns, tax policy, climate change, drug policy or religious freedom, according to the Barna Group’s State of Pastors study, released on […]