Tag: Social issues
School boards push back against Indiana voucher expansions
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Local school leaders across Indiana are lining up against a Republican-backed school funding plan over concerns it wold give private schools a...
Tel Aviv’s Jewish museum reopens after $100 million upgrade
TEL AVIV, Israel — From Queen Salome to the late RBG, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, Tel Aviv's newly revamped Museum of the Jewish...
Indian activist’s arrest spotlights crackdown on dissent
NEW DELHI — To her friends, Disha Ravi, a 22-year-old Indian climate activist, was most concerned about her future in a world of rising...
Child tax credit expansion sets up showdown with GOP
WASHINGTON — The massive coronavirus relief plan making its way to President Joe Biden’s desk includes a plan to temporarily raise the child tax...
UN rights office laments Swiss ban on Muslim face-coverings
<p>GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office expressed dismay on Tuesday that Switzerland is set to join a few other countries where “actively discriminating...
Gulf opens door to public Jewish life amid Israel ties
JERUSALEM — Half a year after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain established diplomatic relations with Israel, discreet Jewish communities in the Gulf Arab...
UN rights office laments Swiss ban on Muslim face-coverings
GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office expressed dismay on Tuesday that Switzerland is set to join a few other countries where “actively discriminating...
Youths protesting police violence attack Athens precinct
ATHENS, Greece — Greek youths protesting an incident of police violence attacked an Athens police station with petrol bombs and severely injured one officer...
Youths protesting police violence attack Athens precinct
<p>ATHENS, Greece — Greek youths protesting an incident of police violence attacked an Athens police station with petrol bombs and severely injured one officer...
Hate crime bill starts journey through S Carolina Statehouse
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill that would make South Carolina the 48th state in the nation to pass a hate crime law started its...