Hurricane Katrina
To address climate change, address gender inequity
By Elizabeth Chun Hye Lee — September 3, 2021
(RNS) — The UN estimates that 80% of those being displaced by climate change are women.
7 ways a national COVID-19 day of mourning can help us heal
By Jamie Aten and Kent Annan — March 12, 2021
(RNS) — Public days are a way to be with each other during and after suffering as we step into the new normal that is ahead.
From Katrina to COVID, American crises expose racial injustice again and again
By Jamie Aten — August 29, 2020
(RNS) — 15 years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina put a spotlight on racial injustice in society within the United States. Yet, all the disparities exposed then remain just as true today during COVID-19.
An American Muslim imam’s letter to the American Sikh community
By Omar Suleiman — October 22, 2019
(RNS) — Despite the real harm Islamophobia has caused Sikhs, they have consistently refused to throw the Muslim community under the bus by simply distancing themselves from Islam.
Where are the condemnations of Harvey as God’s punishment?
By Kimberly Winston — August 29, 2017
(RNS) — As Harvey continues to pound Houston, why are the religious finger-waggers who said Hurricanes Sandy, Isaac and Katrina were God's punishment for gay marriage or abortion rights strangely silent?
America hardly notices while Louisiana drowns
By Alan Cross — August 24, 2016
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (RNS) But churches spring into action and racial tensions are washed away.
COMMENTARY: After Hurricane Katrina, two congregations take a chance
By Oliver Thomas — August 2, 2013
(RNS) Religious people like to speak of the "Kingdom of God." First Grace could be what that kingdom looks like. It is black, white and brown. Rich and poor. Gay and straight. Democrat and Republican.
Is it ethical to defy evacuation orders?
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — November 2, 2012
(RNS) As Sandy cleanup continues, so does an ethical debate: Is evacuation a moral duty? By G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
Seven years after Katrina, New Orleans Jews wander no more
By Bruce Nolan — August 29, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Three days before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that flooded their synagogue and two days before Hurricane Isaac hit landfall in Louisiana, the wandering Jews of Congregation Beth Israel are finally home. By Bruce Nolan.
Utah storehouse at top of Mormon food chain
By Brooke Adams — April 27, 2012
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The massive new Utah Bishops' Central Storehouse is the centerpiece of the Mormons' intricate network for taking care of its members and lending a hand to others in times of natural disasters. Holding a can of peaches grown on church-owned orchards, manager Richard Humpherys says, it's "the best food money can't buy." By Brooke Adams.
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