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In rural Texas, spending taxpayer money on private schools is a hard sell
TYLER, Texas (RNS) — Gov. Greg Abbott has been barnstorming his state, trying to convince parents in rural areas to support his education savings accounts, a form of school vouchers.
Amid threats, California lawmaker calls bill barring caste discrimination ‘right thing to do’
(RNS) — Groups such as the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus of North America say the bill targets Hindus and Indian Americans who are commonly associated with the caste system.
As death toll mounts in Kenya church, local clergy wonder at scale of indoctrination
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Most of the exhumed bodies have been children’s, but the extreme indoctrination of their parents has shocked clerics and religious analysts.
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Symposium marks 130th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s arrival in the United States
(RNS) — Swami Vivekananda’s tour of the United States would mark what would become the first exposure most non-Hindus in the West had with Hinduism.
What Israel restored to the Jewish people
(RNS) — A love song to the state of Israel, on her 75th birthday. Even now. Especially now.
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Muslim rideshare drivers improvise prayer spaces amid lack of relief stations in NYC
NEW YORK (RNS) — For Muslim Uber and Lyft drivers in the city, daily prayer obligations and the associated rituals have a big impact on their driving.
In Texas, Republicans push bills aimed at enhancing faith’s role in school
(RNS) — Cantor Sheri Allen, co-founder of the Jewish congregation Makom Shelanu, called the bills a “blatant violation of the separation of church and state.”
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