(RNS) — When Sasha Allen, a trans singer, sat down to write his first release after going independent, he thought he was going to write an “eff-off” song. But the song he ended up writing, with its reflections on religious...
(RNS) — Twenty years after it reached its terrible conclusion, few of us may remember or understand just how strongly the case of how we think about Terri Schiavo gripped the United States in the late 1990s and early aughts....
This week, you’ll hear a powerful panel discussion hosted by Rev. Paul Raushenbush and featuring four leading LGBTQ+ and faith activists: Chase Strangio (ACLU), Tahil Sharma (LGBTQ Task Force), Jon Cohen (Keshet), and Ross Keys (Interfaith Alliance of North...
(RNS) — As Christians mark Lent, Muslims mark Ramadan and Jews mark Passover, leaders from numerous faith traditions are gathering each week in front of the Capitol. They are calling on Congress to show moral courage and act in the...
(RNS) — The war between Israel and Hamas is so devastating for both Palestinians and Israelis that the only human response is tears. The Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, was barbaric. Over 1,000 people were killed...
(RNS) — Harpreet Singh Toor, a Sikh man, is a longtime resident of Richmond Hill, a Queens, New York, neighborhood with a larger than average South Asian population. Toor attends Hindu festivals, works with Hindu men and women and even...
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Nearly four years ago, the Biden administration removed Nigeria from a list of countries whose threats to religious freedom are of “particular concern,” but continued attacks on Christians and other religious groups by Islamist militias have...
(RNS) — On a recent night, a mother in California found herself lying awake at 3:00 a.m., her mind racing. Unable to sleep, she tossed and turned for the next three hours, anxiously ruminating on the same question that has...
(RNS) — Grinning before a congregation on the outskirts of Indianapolis, a woman named Rhonda was baptized in a horse trough in 2014 as her girlfriend and kids looked on. A decade later, the pastor who baptized her that day...
In difficult times, the work of truth-telling can seem like obsessing on the negative. But the most important truths are very often uncomfortable and even frightening. This week, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush welcomes writer Jeff Sharlet, author of The...
