NEWS STORY
RNS-SIKH-GURDWARA: Sikhs hope to stay in worship site that developer will raze to replace with condos
ALHAMBRA, Calif. (RNS) — Sikh worshippers are fighting a developer’s plan to build housing on the site of their gurdwara, or temple, saying they were given too little warning of the looming construction. A public hearing next month will determine the fate of the site where the Sikhs have worshiped since the 1970s. By Alejandra Molina. 676 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-MEEKS-OPED: Learning Resistance and Courage from Ida B. Wells
(RNS) — Calling Their Names: Remembering Georgia’s Lynched is an initiative of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta in collaboration with the Episcopal Church, placed markers and created spaces for remembering the lynchings. The initiative owes a debt to the revolutionary work of Wells, the journalist and activist who resolutely dismissed the white narrative that blamed lynching on the behavior of black men. By Catherine Meeks. 1,060 words. (category: k)
