Essay: Bipartisanship is dead; can it be resurrected?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says partisanship is baked into the US political system because of gerrymandering, primaries and campaign financing…
Sight-Seeing: We need more Howard Thurman in our politics
The theologian and often-overlooked civil rights hero would have warned us against politics as a zero-sum game writes academic and author DAVID B GOWLER, in an article first published on Religion News Service…
Biden, 80, makes 2024 presidential run official as Trump fight looms
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden launched his re-election bid on Tuesday with a promise to protect American liberties from “extremists” linked to former President Donald Trump, who he beat in 2020 and might face again in 2024. Joe Biden announces his bid for re-election. PICTURE: Video screenshot via Reuters. Biden made his announcement […]
Faith leaders and Texas Democrats march to US Capitol to demand voting protections
RNS A group of Democratic Texas legislators marched with faith leaders from the Supreme Court building to the US Capitol on Thursday morning to deliver letters demanding change for millions of people impacted by poverty and voting disenfranchisement. “The 65 million low-wealth voters in this country hold the key to transformation,” said Rev William Barber […]
Essay: What is a cult?
MATHEW SCHMALZ, a professor of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross in the US state of Massachusetts, looks at what we mean when we talk about a ‘cult’ or ‘cult leader’…
US faith leaders call for elimination of Senate filibuster
AP A coalition of faith leaders and activists on Monday demanded the elimination of the Senate filibuster, wading into a crucial debate in Washington with a 50-50 Senate and President Joe Biden eyeing ambitious legislation on expanding voting rights, stemming gun violence and other proposals that face opposition from Republicans. Led by prominent progressive pastor […]
Trump’s legacy: A more divided America, a more unsettled world
MATT SPETALNICK, ANDREA SHALAL, JEFF MASON and STEVE HOLLAND, of Reuters, report…
In Biden’s Cabinet, Catholics and Jews dominate
RNS Joe Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways. If all the nominees the president-elect has chosen are confirmed, the Cabinet – including the Vice President, the heads of 15 executive departments and eight other key positions – will be the most racially and ethnically diverse ever. Among them are six […]
Joe Biden’s family Bible anchors faith-infused inaugural events
RNS President-elect Joe Biden plans to be sworn in with his hefty family Bible when he becomes the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. It’s one of many ways religion will be a facet of the inaugural activities surrounding the country’s second Catholic president. “it’s just been a family heirloom on the Biden […]
In the US, Democrats barreling toward impeaching Trump in wake of Capitol siege
Washington DC, USReuters Democrats in the US House of Representatives plan to impeach Donald Trump on Wednesday unless he steps down or is removed before then, after drawing up charges accusing him of inciting insurrection ahead of last week’s siege of the Capitol. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told his fellow Democrats the chamber would […]