On Nakba Day, some Palestinians dream of a single, secular state
By Andre Henry
(RNS) — People who reflexively invoke Israel’s right to exist conflate the right of a nation to exist with the right to oppress.
Widespread bullying of Sikh students isn’t just a Sikh problem
By Harman Singh
(RNS) — Curbing bias-based bullying means better-educated students and a more tolerant citizenry for our diverse nation.
Hagee: Antisemitism bill in Congress doesn’t violate Bible’s account of Jesus’ death
By John Hagee
(RNS) — Members of Congress have claimed the legislation will stifle a false theology that ‘the Jews killed Jesus.’
Anitta defends her Afro-Brazilian faith after new music video costs her some followers
By ElÉonore Hughes
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta was already known for elevating marginalized populations such as women, residents of the working-class neighborhoods known as favelas, as well as LGBTQ+ and Black people.
United Methodists scrap their anti-gay bans. A woman who defied them seeks reinstatement as pastor
By David Crary, Peter Smith, and Holly Meyer
(AP) — Earlier this month, delegates at a United Methodist Church conference struck down the UMC’s longstanding anti-LGBTQ policies and created a path for clergy ousted because of them to seek reinstatement.
Why the speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker was embraced at Benedictine College’s commencement
By Peter Smith and Heather Hollingsworth
(AP) — The fast-growing college is part of a constellation of conservative Catholic colleges that tout their adherence to church teachings and practice — part of a larger conservative movement in parts of the U.S. Catholic Church.
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