Protect Democracy’s Ian Bassin: Freedom Is Still Up to Us

Abdul El-Sayed’s primary win proves the power of many over the power of money

(RNS) — Once criticized for being a ‘little bit young, a little bit brown, a little bit Muslim,’ the Democratic candidate for US Senate showed the power of authenticity, grassroots organizing and telling your own story.

A new bipartisan bill in Congress would create protest-free buffer zones around houses of worship

(RNS) — The bipartisan bill is intended to prevent protests. It follows a rowdy demonstration outside a Manhattan synagogue last year.

In Tennessee, anti-Muslim Republican candidates face defeat

(RNS) — Rep. Andy Ogles, who has said Muslims don't belong in the US, narrowly lost his reelection bid, while state Rep. Monty Fritts, who campaigned to ban mosques, placed third in the Republican primary race for governor.

How grief made Archbishop García-Siller a prophetic voice on immigration

(RNS) — Since Pope Leo XIV spoke against the mass detention of immigrants last year, the American Catholic hierarchy has begun to move in new ways. García-Siller's new pastoral letter accelerates that shift.

Spanish bishops, church officials condemn politicization of Ceuta migrant crisis

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Spanish Catholic leaders and Caritas officials condemned the use of migrants as geopolitical leverage after tens of thousands crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, leaving scores dead and overwhelming the small Spanish territory in North Africa.