Tag: Social issues
EXPLAINER: NKorea’s anger to US may actually be an overture
SEOUL, South Korea — After giving the Biden administration the silent treatment for two months, North Korea this week marshalled two powerful women to...
California police on paid leave over degrading, vulgar texts
EUREKA, Calif. — Two Northern California police officers are on paid leave after a news outlet reported that they are accused of sending degrading...
Nicaragua’s Indigenous tell OAS of killings, land takeovers
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua’s Indigenous groups complained Thursday to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights about land takeovers and killings that have hit the...
Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
TIJUANA, Mexico — It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border...
Alabama House approves bill to ban transgender athletes
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama could become the next conservative state to prevent transgender girls from playing on female sports teams as the state House...
Asian American churches plan acts beyond prayer for healing
<p>Asian American Christian leaders said Thursday their congregations are saddened and outraged after a white gunman killed eight people — most of them women...
Beloved Coachella priest’s death spurs migrant vaccinations
<p>THERMAL, Calif. (RNS) — As Luz Gallegos hosted a workshop Thursday (March 18) informing agricultural workers about the COVID-19 vaccine, she held up two...
For Biden, questions about Cuomo grow harder to ignore
NEW YORK — President Joe Biden's relentless effort to avoid the day-to-day distractions of the political world is being put to the test by...
China ‘deeply concerned’ about anti-Asian violence in US
BEIJING — China called on the U.S. to take measures to stem violence against people of Asian heritage after eight people were killed at...
In Pope’s homeland, ex-priest leaves church over gay unions
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A former priest and LGBTQ activist who has blessed same-sex unions in Pope Francis’ home country, Argentina, is leaving the...