by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 24, 2019 | News
Helen Paynter is director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, based at Bristol Baptist College in England. Where did you grow up? I was born in the south of England, but we moved to Cardiff, the capital of Wales, when I was 11; I lived there until I...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 23, 2019 | News
More than 820 million people are estimated to be experiencing hunger and around 2 billion to be facing “moderate to severe food insecurity,” according to a report published July 15 by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This represents...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 22, 2019 | News
Racial and ethnic disparities remain despite progress in many areas of U.S. children’s well-being, according to the 2019 Kids Count Data book published June 17 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF). “In 1990, when the first data book was published, many politicians,...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 19, 2019 | News
The number of countries with significant government restrictions on religious liberty declined slightly in 2017, yet levels remain well above those from a decade ago. And the number of nations with high levels of social hostility toward religion increased. These are...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 18, 2019 | News
A strong majority (70%) of U.S. adults believe hate speech and crime have increased in the past five years, according to Barna Group survey results published July 16. By comparison, 22% say they have stayed the same, 3% believe it has declined and the remaining 5% are...