Washington
Solar panels allow religious institutions to do well while doing good
By Thomas Reese — May 21, 2021
(RNS) — An easy way to please the pope and earn money at the same time.
Report: Biden mulls appointing first-ever Muslim federal judge
By Joseph Hammond — March 12, 2021
(RNS) — Qureshi was previously nominated for a district court seat by then-President Barack Obama in 2016.
Dozens of houses of worship, one DC street, a 9-year photo project
By Adelle M. Banks — March 2, 2021
(RNS) — People at the first church ‘were so welcoming that it kind of got our project off to a happy start,’ said one photographer.
Washington taps pastors to overcome racial divide on vaccine
By Ashraf Khalil and Hilary Powell — February 22, 2021
(AP) — Health officials in the nation's capital are hoping religious leaders will serve as community influencers to overcome what officials say is a persistent vaccine reluctance in the Black community.
Nation’s first human-composting funeral home is now open in the state of Washington
By Alejandra Molina — February 10, 2021
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — In California, where the massive number of COVID-19 deaths has inundated funeral homes, one legislator hopes the Golden State becomes the next place to legalize the process of converting bodies into soil.
Eric Metaxas confirms he punched protester, says protester was to blame
By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarlan Miller — September 1, 2020
(RNS) — Last week, a viral video began circulating on social media showing a man who closely resembles Eric Metaxas striking a protester and running away backward.
For $5,500, you can have your body composted in Washington for an environmentally friendly burial
By Alejandra Molina — August 21, 2020
(RNS) — The Washington state-based company Recompose is behind the human composting process, and on Tuesday (Aug. 18), it opened its prepayment option for people who would like to begin making those arrangements for themselves or loved ones.
Bishop Mariann Budde appeals to ‘better angels’ in Democratic convention prayer
By Jack Jenkins — August 18, 2020
(RNS) — The Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., said her appearance is not partisan, and said she declined a request to film her Democratic convention prayer in front of St. John’s, where President Donald Trump held up a Bible.
Changing the Washington NFL team’s name is something, but not enough
By Kaitlin Curtice — July 13, 2020
(RNS) — While this decision is a big one, it’s not enough to show that Indigenous peoples have a place in this nation and that we never deserved the genocide, hate and oppression we have faced.
Black clergy testify to outrage and hope in demonstrations across Washington
By Jack Jenkins — June 15, 2020
(RNS) — Citing recent killings by police as well as the ravages of the pandemic, leaders of several faiths called on the government to take responsibility.
Trump makes Nixon look good
By Mark Silk — June 2, 2020
(RNS) — A tale of two presidential ventures out of a White House under siege.
Greta Thunberg, a prophet for Advent
By Thomas Reese — December 17, 2019
(RNS) — Thunberg has suffered the same scorn and attacks heaped on other prophets of hope by the powerful and rich.
The Pacific Northwest is the American religious future
By Mark Silk — May 31, 2019
SEATTLE (RNS) — Recent research on the region's distinctive religious culture gives us hints about what a society dominated by Nones may look like.
Saying kaddish for a bookstore
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 3, 2019
If independent bookstores die, so will ideas and conversation.
