At a three-day summit in Iowa, religious progressives talked solidarity in the effort to tilt the political conversation toward the common good and defeat Donald Trump at the polls in November.
The latest news on active nonviolence: Protectors support counterprotesters at "Unite the Right" rally; action follows catechism change on death penalty; vigils mark Hiroshima, Nagasaki anniversaries.
With proposed policy changes, says one immigrant advocate, "We're asking parents to make a choice between food, health care, and maybe being able to stay here permanently in this country."
During the second week of the revived Poor People's Campaign, more than 100 people participated in a Washington rally, demanding early voting, same-day registration and other safeguards to protect democracy against "surgical racism."
Bishop Mark Seitz and others call out Trump's Catholic chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly, asking him to shield the immigration policy protecting young people brought to the U.S. as children.
