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RNS Updated Budget — Thursday, August 12, 2021

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NEWS STORY
RNS-PPC-VotingRights: Faith leaders and Texas Democrats march to Capitol to demand voting protections
(RNS) — A group of faith leaders, including the Poor People’s Campaign co-chairs Rev. William Barber and Rev. Liz Theoharis, marched alongside Texas Democrats to the Capitol building in DC to deliver letters demanding stronger voting rights and protection for the nation’s “democratic infrastructure.” By Renée Roden. 500 words. (category a)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Jews-Color: Study: Jews of color love Judaism but often experience racism in Jewish settings
(RNS) — A groundbreaking study of the experiences of more than 1,100 American Jews of color finds that many feel a strong sense of belonging to the larger white Jewish establishment but 80% said they have also suffered discrimination and racism in Jewish settings. By Yonat Shimron. 850 words. (category:a)


NEWS STORY
RNS-Soni-Sori: In a Maoist-impacted region of India, an Indigenous activist continues to fight in memory of the children she couldn’t save
DELHI, India (RNS) — After her release from jail in 2014, now widowed and cut off from the former children of her school, Soni Sori threw herself into fighting against the exploitation of women and advocating for the rights of tribes to health care and education. By Priyadarshini Sen. 1,500 words. (category: i)

NEWS STORY
RNS-Chosen-Vatican: ‘The Chosen’ finds its Catholic spirit in the Eternal City
(RNS) – It doesn’t happen often for Pope Francis to meet no other than Jesus after his weekly public audience in St. Peter’s Square. But while greeting faithful on Wednesday the pope spoke with Jonathan Roumie, who portrays Christ in the hit TV series “The Chosen,” and is visiting Rome in August to promote the show. By Claire Giangravè.1,000 words. (category i)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Silk-Oped: When redemption fails
(RNS) — Americans are in thrall to fulfillment, and prophecy is king. Both redemption and fulfillment, rooted in economics, retain a powerful religious meaning. So what does it mean that American society is now looking more for the latter than the former? By Mark Silk. 450 words. (category: k)

COMMENTARY
RNS-Stetzer-Oped: Feucht, Locke and the like are a sideshow — quit letting them distract you
(RNS) — Hungry for media attention and skilled at getting the headlines, both have given many non-Christians another reason to reject Christianity. But to faithful Christians discouraged by their platforms and to onlooking media, let me again say: This is only a distraction. Around the country, thousands of faithful churches are doing the real work of ministry serving their communities. By Ed Stetzer. 1,134 words. (category: k)

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