Frank Wolf
First scorecard on international religious freedom rates members of Congress
By Lauren Markoe — February 23, 2017
(RNS) Both Republicans and Democrats should have done much better on the issue, with most scoring lower than an A or B, the report's authors concluded.
Experts mull religious freedom, tolerance in US, abroad
By Adelle M. Banks — February 9, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious freedom experts emphasized the need for education, tolerance and on-the-ground visits to persecuted religious people across the globe.
Experts say what governments won’t: ISIS atrocities are genocide
By Brian Pellot — August 7, 2015
(RNS) A growing number of advocates and experts are calling for President Obama and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to label ISIS’s actions against religious and ethnic minorities “genocide.” What’s holding them back?
Named for Chuck Colson, federal panel looks to reform prisons
By Lauren Markoe — December 9, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) A new federal panel to reform prisons is named for Chuck Colson, the former "evil genius" of the Nixon administration who went to prison and then founded what would become the largest prison ministry in the nation.
ANALYSIS: Does religious freedom report need more ‘teeth’?
By Lauren Markoe — May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Watchdogs say the State Department missed a key opportunity to put teeth into its annual assessment of global religious freedom, which was released by Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday.
Page 1 of 1
