NEWS STORY
RNS-Evangelicals-Exit: Young evangelicals are leaving church. Resistance to LGBTQ equality is driving them away.
(RNS) — Amid widespread acceptance of LGBTQ people, evangelical church attitudes toward the group have not budged and the consequences have been dire. A study last month found the number of Americans who identify as white evangelicals has declined dramatically and those leaving in greatest numbers are younger evangelicals whose attitudes toward sexual minorities are starkly at odds with their elders. By Yonat Shimron. 1,500 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Douglas-Oped: The case for reparations has been made all the more clear by COVID-19
(RNS) — Black Americans have been much more vulnerable to COVID-19 due to the wealth gap and various socioeconomic inequities — the lack of adequate health care, employment, housing and other life-enhancing opportunities — that are the result of centuries of segregation, discrimination and slavery. The coronavirus pandemic has made abundantly clear what the various calls for reparations have long argued: “The Black-white wealth gap reflects a society that has not and does not afford equality of opportunity to all its citizens.” By Kelly Brown Douglas. 690 words. (category: k)