Hundreds arrested at the US Capitol while protesting for voting rights, minimum wage
Washington DC, USRNS As police escorted a demonstrator in a wheelchair away from the chanting throng descending on the US Capitol on Monday, fellow protesters turned to watch the person go. The group paused for a moment, then altered their call. They screamed in unison: “Thank you! We love you!” The lone protester nodded, fist […]
DC police officer says 6th January insurrectionists “perceived themselves to be Christians”
Washington DC, USRNS Describing insurrectionists who attacked the US Capitol as “terrorists” who “perceived themselves to be Christians”, District of Columbia police officer Daniel Hodges told a congressional committee investigating the 6th January insurrection on Tuesday that the crowd massing on the building’s West Terrace brandished banners steeped in Christian symbolism along with those bearing […]
US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers
Washington DC, US AP A new US intelligence report warns that adherents of QAnon, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the US Capitol, could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement’s false prophecies increasingly fail to come true. Many QAnon followers believe former President Donald Trump was […]
Essay: How evangelicals’ fundraising by demonisation fed Capitol violence
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev ROB SCHENCK, administrative bishop of the Methodist Evangelical Church USA and president of The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute in Washington, says that while saddened by the storming of the US Capitol on 6th January, he wasn’t surprised by it…
Essay: I have election protesters and ‘Never Trumpers’ in my pews. How can we move forward together?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US pastor CHRIS DAVIS looks at, amid a divided US – and a divided church, how his congregation can move forward from here…
Updated: “It was a non-event”: US capitals see few protesters after bracing for violence
Updated: 12pm (AEDT)Harrisburg, Pennsylvania/Lansing, Michigan, US Reuters Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the President’s false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out for what authorities feared could be violent demonstrations. More than a dozen states activated National Guard troops to […]
Essay: What Americans believe about violence against the government
Political scientist RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks for insights into last week’s violence at the US Capitol…
Race in the US: Trump’s legacy shadowed by divisive rhetoric, actions
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on how the issue of race has playout during the Trump presidency…
Essay: Truth over power – It is past time for the church to speak plainly about the election
In an article first published on The Conversation, ESAU MCCAULLEY, author of ‘Reading While Black’ and an assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, looks at what it means as a Christian to be “on the side of truth”…
Pope prays for dead in Capitol rioting, appeals for calm
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis said Sunday that he is praying for those who died in the US Capitol rioting and has appealed for calm to prevail in the United States to help safeguard that nation’s democratic values. During his traditional Sunday noon remarks at the Vatican, Francis noted that five persons had died when a […]