NEWS STORY
RNS-ECC-Doctrine: Evangelical Covenant Church joins list of Protestant denominations rebuking Doctrine of Discovery
(RNS) — While the Evangelical Covenant Church has been working on its resolution for the past five years, its action came the day after the Cowessess First Nation announced it had found indications of at least 751 unmarked graves near the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatechewan. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 800 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Surfside-Jewish A devastated Jewish community in Surfside, Florida, begins burying its dead
(RNS) — As the search for missing people trapped in the rubble of a Surfside, Florida, condo building continued, the town’s large Jewish community buried its first victims Monday (June 28). At least 50 of the total trapped in the collapse are likely Jewish, according to various lists that have been collected in Jewish circles. By Yonat Shimron. 700 words. (category: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-Monument-Colorado: Colorado Memorial Plaque Draws Religious Freedom Concerns
(RNS) —A memorial plaque placed in a cemetery in Monument, Colorado, has attracted national attention due to its reference to Jesus Christ. Organizations ranging from the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation have called for the plaque to be removed. The latter of whom is pressing to have the fate of the monument decided in a federal court. By Joseph Hammond. 500 words (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Reese-Oped: Democrats should support increasing the gas tax
(RNS) — It is a fundamental tenet of economics that if you increase the price of a product through excise taxes, consumption of that product will decline. This is why, in response to global warming, most economists support a carbon tax, which will result in less carbon dioxide emissions. By Thomas Reese. 599 words. (category: k)