Judge puts deportations of Indonesians on hold
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL CASEY A federal judge on Tuesday put on hold the deportation of several dozen Indonesians in New England who had lost their bid to remain […]
Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square
Source: Associated Press By BETH J. HARPAZ NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on protest pushback: ‘They don’t like the message’
Source: USA Today By Kevin Spain, USA TODAY Sports Former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said that the reason some people are upset over the NFL players taking a knee during […]
Mosque shooter changes stance on Islam after meeting Muslims
BY Blake Alsup NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, September 27, 2017 A Connecticut man has grown to appreciate Islam after shooting at an empty mosque in Nov. 2015. Former U.S. Marine Ted Hakey Jr. was arrested and charged for firing 30 shots from a high-powered rifle into the Ahmadiyya […]
Supreme Court postpones hearing on Trump’s travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Barnes and Devlin Barrett September 25 The Supreme Court has postponed for now a hearing on President Trump’s power to ban immigrants from certain countries while it considers […]
Supreme Court postpones hearing on Trump’s travel ban
Source: The Washington Post By Robert Barnes and Devlin Barrett September 25 The Supreme Court has postponed for now a hearing on President Trump’s power to ban immigrants from certain countries while it considers […]
First Muslim college in US buys Lutheran seminary campus in Berkeley
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron | September 25, 2017 Zaytuna College bought the old Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, Calif., pictured here. (RNS) — A Muslim liberal arts college that […]
Opponents face uphill battle as they vow to fight Trump’s new travel ban
Source: Los Angeles Times As soon as the White House announced President Trump’s new travel ban, advocates for immigrants roundly condemned it, vowing to fight what they described as an unconstitutional abuse of […]
In light of Trump’s dangerous bumbling round North Korea, the American constitution should be changed
For how long will as brittle and volatile a creature confine himself to empty threats while the portly dictator derides his manhood in the most potentially lethal round of geopolitical willy-waving since 1962? Something must be done Matthew Norman @IndyVoices Tuesday 5 September 2017 The question has been gnawing away […]
OB-GYN to Congress: Repeal the Hyde Amendment, Not Obamacare
Source: Time By Kristyn Brandi Sept. 25, 2017 The rule is 41 years old this week and must be eliminated As an obstetrician-gynecologist, I love bringing essential care to the women […]
USA: North Carolina Church Coerced Congregants Into Unemployment Fraud Read more at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/busted-north-carolina-church-coerced-congregants-unemployment-fraud
Follow the money: A North Carolina Church coerced congregants into filing fraudulent unemployment claims so members could keep tithing. (giving chanda) According to multiple reports, Jane Whaley, 77, founder and pastor at Word of Faith Fellowship church, told church members they should file fraudulent unemployment claims so that they could […]
Jews around world alarmed by far-right breakthrough in Germany
Source: Reuters BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Jewish groups in Europe and the United States expressed alarm at the success of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s parliamentary election and urged other parties not to form alliances with it. But a leading member of the AfD, which won 12.6 […]
New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
Source: The New York Times By MICHAEL D. SHEAR WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday issued a new order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries, […]
Where Psychiatric Care Is Scarce, Religious Institutions Are Stepping In
Source: Huffington Post “We don’t have the resources to meet the demand through the public system of care. I wish we did.” By Lindsay Holmes, Beth Shelburne 09/20/2017 05:46 am […]
President Trump Has a New Travel Ban
Source: Time By Jill Colvin and Matthew Lee / AP Updated: 4:53 AM ET | Originally published: 7:55 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing […]
‘Homosexual Conduct Should Be Illegal,’ and 5 Other Things GOP Senate Candidate Roy Moore Has Said
Source: Time BY Nash Jenkins Sep 22, 2017 Republicans in Alabama will go to the polls Tuesday to choose their party’s candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions […]
Donald Trump Called for NFL Players to Be Fired for National Anthem Kneeling — And They Responded
Source: Time BY Aric Jenkins Updated: Sep 23, 2017 6:28 PM ET President Donald Trump has three suggestions to fix the NFL: stop disciplining players for hard hits, boycott games when […]
New York: a rabbi, an Imam and a message of inclusion at Muslim parade
NYTimes.com At about 1 p.m. on Sunday, Diakita Amadou burst out the doors of the hotel he works at on 38th Street in Manhattan and took off. He had heard the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, echoing through the lobby, and followed its song. At Madison Avenue he stopped. […]
US bombers stage North Korea show of force
Source; BBC News US bombers have flown close to North Korea’s east coast to demonstrate the military options available to defeat any threat, the Pentagon says. It said the flight […]
North Korea: Trump and Kim call each other mad
Source: BBC News Kim Jong-un has said remarks by “deranged” US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea. In an unprecedented personal […]