NEWS STORY
RNS-Biden-Staffer: Biden faces backlash over pro-Modi staffer’s close Hindu nationalist ties
(RNS) — Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign is facing growing pressure from civil rights advocates over a top aide hired last year for Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach. But the aide, who has also served as the campaign’s Muslim outreach coordinator, shares close ties to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. By Aysha Khan. 930 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Beyonce-Mass: Beyoncé Mass replaces hymns with ‘Survivor’ and ‘Flaws and All’
WASHNGTON (RNS) — On International Women’s Day, a theater of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was turned into the latest sacred space for Beyoncé Mass. By Adelle M. Banks. 1,300 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-DC-Coronavirus: Episcopal diocese suspends Communion wine, drains baptismal fonts due to coronavirus
(RNS) — After an Episcopal rector at a Washington church tested positive for coronavirus, the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is instituting a sweeping set of policies designed to help stop the spread of the disease — including suspending the use of wine during Communion. By Jack Jenkins. 650 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Jalalzai-Oped: Why Bernie Sanders brings out the Muslim vote
(RNS) — Many Democrats worry that the Vermont senator’s politics are too controversial to risk in a do-or-die election. But for American Muslims who have never felt empowered by “politics as usual,” Sanders promises to shake up how American identity itself is constructed. By Sajida Jalalzai. 940 words. (category: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Burton-Oped: Does giving up social media for Lent deny the flesh? It’s complicated
(RNS) — If abstention from Instagram or Twitter is going to be more than a “digital detox,” we need a new and better vocabulary to discuss the characteristic sins of 2020. By Tara Isabella Burton. 860 words. (category: k)
