Monday's News & Ideas - 2/1/2021
- Jewish org wants Rep. Greene out
- Latino church adapting in CO
- Biden expands abortion access
- 9 nuns die in MI
- Colleges model pandemic life
- Corky Lee’s vision
Jewish groups join chorus of voices calling for expulsion of Rep. Marjorie Tayler Greene
Religion News Service: ‘As an avid supporter of QAnon, Representative Greene espouses antisemitic canards’ said an umbrella Jewish organization that represents some 50 Jewish groups.
‘Manage the best we can’: Latino church adapts to new COVID-19 reality
NPR: Mosaic is an evangelical Christian congregation and has lots of young, working class families. A year ago, nearly 700 people would come worship on any given Sunday. Then the pandemic began and congregants who are first responders or work at meat packing plants started getting sick.
Progressive faith groups welcome Biden’s moves to expand abortion access
HuffPost: Increasing abortion access is about defending people’s religious liberty, faith-based abortion rights activists say.
9 nuns at Catholic center in Michigan died last month from COVID-19
Detroit Free Press: Over the past month, a COVID-19 outbreak that has ripped through the Catholic center in Adrian, Michigan, has infected 107 people, with 47 sisters testing positive, about 1 out of every 5 sisters at the center.
The colleges that took the pandemic seriously*
The Atlantic: Many colleges and universities have figured out how to diagnose their populations and control outbreaks -- and offer a vision for more normal life until the vaccine is available to all.
The Spark
Corky Lee’s photographs helped generations of Asian Americans see themselves
Lee’s photography, which he viewed as an extension of his activism,* helped Asian-Americans recognize their shared yearnings and struggles, The New Yorker says.
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