by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 15, 2011 | News
The number of U.S. children living in poverty increased by 2 million over the past two years. Before the recession, 14 million children were in poverty, compared to 16 million today. “That is the fastest fall for the middle class since the government started...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 14, 2011 | News
A Christian polling firm found that evangelicals favor five possible Republican presidential candidates more than President Barack Obama. Even the twice-divorced, thrice-married Newt Gingrich received a higher favorability rating among evangelicals than Obama, who has...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 14, 2011 | News
American Baptist Churches-USA responded to the crushing tsunami trigged by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake with a $20,000 grant to the Japanese Baptist Union (JBU) while Baptist World Aid Rescue 24 sent a team to the disaster area. On Sunday, the Japanese Meteorological...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 4, 2011 | News
State legislators are battling over immigration from Arizona to South Carolina. In some cases, business leaders are opposing anti-immigration bills. In Arizona, state Sen. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa) introduced three new immigration bills last week. His bills seek to...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 2, 2011 | News
Anti-Islam bills have now been introduced in a dozen state legislatures from Alaska to South Carolina. Some bills refer specifically to Sharia or Islamic law. Others refer only to “foreign laws,” a thinly veiled reference to Islamic law. Bill sponsors...
