by Trevor Barton | Aug 23, 2011 | Opinion
Teaching can be humanizing work. This is how it happens. The Rodriguez family walks down the hall and turns the corner to my room. “Buenos dias, Mrs. Rodriguez. Buenos dias, niños! ¿Como esta ustedes? Welcome to my classroom,” I greet them. We sit down in...
by Kent Faulk | Aug 22, 2011 | News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Alabama religious leaders have filed statements in federal court expressing their concern that a new immigration law would interfere with the practice of their religion and Christian mandates to minister to all people. Bishops in the Episcopal,...
by Jack Jenkins | Aug 9, 2011 | News
(RNS) The head of the Unitarian Universalist Association has been convicted on misdemeanor charges for participating in a protest rally against Arizona’s controversial immigration law. The Rev. Peter Morales, the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist...
by Baptist Times Staff | Aug 4, 2011 | News
Supporters of a Nepali Baptist couple seeking asylum in Great Britain claim they were verbally abused and the husband physically assaulted by U.K. Border Agency (UKBA) guards. Govinda Pokharel and Jamuna Rijal were in the process of being deported recently. However,...
by Kent Faulk | Aug 3, 2011 | News
(RNS) Leaders of the Episcopal, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches in Alabama filed a federal lawsuit on Monday (Aug. 1) to stop enforcement of the state’s new immigration law, which they say could strike at the core of their ability to worship. The lawsuit was...
