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Hundreds arrested at Capitol while protesting for voting rights, minimum wage

By Jack Jenkins

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Monday's action on the Hill constituted one of the largest mass-arrest nonviolent protests at the Capitol in recent memory.

Israel’s Olympic gold victory raises Jewish identity debate

By Ilan Ben Zion

Voddie Baucham’s publisher defends Fault Lines against plagiarism claims

By Bob Smietana

After award win, Christian romance novel draws criticism for ‘romanticized genocide’ of Native Americans

By Emily McFarlan Miller

70 years ago Walter Plywaski fought for atheists’ right to become citizens – here’s why his story is worth remembering

By Kristina M. Lee

(The Conversation) — Polish-born Holocaust survivor paved the way for atheists to refuse pledge to God in citizenship oath. But discrimination against nonreligious Americans remains.

The untidiness of Marie Kondo’s eclectic spirituality

By Kaitlyn Ugoretz

(RNS) — Kondo describes aspects of her spiritual brand as inspired by Shinto, but the ideal KonMari lifestyle is presented as one in which we adopt and adapt whatever practices 'feel right.'

A modern heroine fights antisemitism

By Jeffrey Salkin

(RNS) — If I had posters of heroes and heroines on my wall, Deborah Lipstadt would be there.

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Human rights is on Blinken’s agenda in India. Can he make it stick?

India can still turn the tide back toward democracy

Hindutva’s threat to academic freedom

In Kenya, faith groups work to resettle youth returning from al-Shabab

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Images from the “Run” graphic novel, cover and John Lewis. Courtesy image

John Lewis’ co-author talks faith, voting rights and their new graphic novel, ‘Run’

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Photo by David Martin/courtesy of Wikimedia/Creative Commons

Alta Fixsler, 2-year-old on life support, has a visa to come to US for treatment. Will UK court let her go?

The Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington on Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Report: US Supreme Court favors religion in emergency reviews

World

A women's rights activist places a candle beside a poster with the pictures of Noor Mukadam, who was recently beheaded, during a candle light vigil to pay tribute to Noor and other domestic violence victims, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, July 25, 2021. The killing of Mukadam in an upscale neighborhood of Pakistan's capital has shone a spotlight on the relentless violence against women in the country. Rights activists say such gender-based assaults are on the rise as Pakistan barrels toward greater religious extremism. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Brutal killing spotlights violence against women in Pakistan

From left, Vilen Avanesov, Aleksandr Parkov and Arsen Avanesov. Photo courtesy of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Three Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to six or more years in Russian prison for their faith

Photo by Bill Oxford/Unsplash/Creative Commons

German woman indicted over her time with IS in Syria

Health & Lifestyle

This old church, high above the old highway known as the Ossipee Trail, near Limington, Maine, is abandoned and unmarked. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/LOC/Creative Commons

Court declines to hear church’s attack on COVID restrictions

Jalue Dorje, 14, says his morning prayers, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Columbia Heights, Minn. When he was an infant, Jalue, now 14, was identified as the eighth reincarnation of the lama Terchen Taksham Rinpoche. After finishing high school in 2025, Jalue will head to northern India and join the Mindrolling Monastery, more than 7,200 miles (11,500 kilometers) from his home. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

For US teen Buddhist lama, it’s faith, school, football

Huell Howser serves as a wedding officiant during a backyard wedding. For many non-religious couples, choosing a friend or family member to officate their wedding is preferred to a spiritual leader. Photo by Nathan Gibbs/Flickr

So you’ve been asked to officiate a wedding? Five pieces of advice from the pros

Arts & Culture

Lonely no more: Questioning Christians find belonging on TikTok

Krista Tippett at the Brookings Institution. Photo by Ghz89med/Wikimedia/Creative Commons

Krista Tippett on why it’s past time to ‘humanize digital spaces’

RNS illustration by Mari Fouz

Mary, mother of Jesus, returns as an icon for pop stars and social justice warriors

Science & Tech

Leonardo Cabaña cries in the arms of his friend Raphael Benevides beside the casket of his father, Héctor Miguel Cabaña, who died of COVID-19, before the funeral home service led by the Rev. Fabian Arias, on May 11, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In hard-hit New York City, the coronavirus outbreak has taken a particularly heavy toll on Hispanic communities. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

CDC researcher Susan Hillis on how people of faith can support COVID orphans

Wally Funk, right, describes their flight experience as Mark Bezos, left, and Jeff Bezos, left, center, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, applaud from the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

RNS News Quiz: Ben & Jerry’s and Wally Funk

FILE - In this July 12, 2021 file photo, people wait in live to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the James River Church West Campus in Springfield, Mo. Across Missouri, hundreds of pastors, priests and other church leaders are reaching out to urge vaccinations in a state under siege from the delta variant. Health experts say the spread is due largely to low vaccination rates — Missouri lags about 10 percentage points behind the national average for people who have initiated shots.(Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP File)

Missouri church leaders implore congregants: Get vaccinated

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An Iranian woman holds a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A hard-line stance on Iran endangers Christians. There’s a better way.

In this March 7, 2021, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

President Trump failed to challenge India on religious freedom. Will Biden follow suit?

Goldziher Prize Expanding for 2019

70 years ago Walter Plywaski fought for atheists’ right to become citizens – here’s why his story is worth remembering

Court declines to hear church’s attack on COVID restrictions

Israel’s Olympic gold victory raises Jewish identity debate

Voddie Baucham’s publisher defends Fault Lines against plagiarism claims

Hundreds arrested at Capitol while protesting for voting rights, minimum wage

After award win, Christian romance novel draws criticism for ‘romanticized genocide’ of Native Americans

Black Protestants

John Lewis’ co-author talks faith, voting rights and their new graphic novel, ‘Run’

New initiative seeks to get Muslims to the golf course

Expert in faith-based disaster management new leader of Homeland Security center

The untidiness of Marie Kondo’s eclectic spirituality

RNS Press Releases

Soularize announces a global hybrid learning parties for spiritual thought leaders

Open Doors USA urges swift confirmation of President Biden’s pick for Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

New missions-focused radio program launches July 31 on more than 140 stations nationwide