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As the 100th anniversary of #BlackHistoryMonth is observed, I hope to create a thread of my related @RNS stories. Please check out links below. (RNS photo/Kit Doyle)
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Hear the latest from @jackmjenkins, who has been reporting on and from Minneapolis since the killing of Renee Good, and from faith leaders about why and how they’re taking part in the protests. Join the @RNS webinar tomorrow: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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My latest article:
Somalis, especially those who have survived war, famine, and displacement, should not have to endure political dehumanization in the country they now call, and contribute to as, home.
religionnews.com/2025/12/06/…
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, Rev. Michael Woolf tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/…
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As he exited the stage, the mayor was joined by his wife, Rama Duwaji, his mother, the famed Indian filmmaker Mira Nair, and his father, Mahmood Mamdani.
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“New York will remain a city of immigrants… and as of tonight led by an immigrant,” said Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and became a U.S. citizen in 2018.
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“My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty,” said Mamdani as he entered the stage. “Thanks to all of those who sacrificed so much, we are breathing in the air of a city that has been reborn.”
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AjiFanta Marenah (right), the vice president of New York’s Muslim Democratic club, told me Mamdani’s victory is a “historic” moment for Muslim New Yorkers.
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Zohran Mamdani wins New York City’s mayoral election, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor.
At 34 years old, the Democratic socialist is also one of the youngest mayors the city has ever had.
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If elected, Zohran Mamdani would become the city’s first Muslim mayor.
Read @RNS coverage about how his religious identity has weighed into the race.
religionnews.com/2025/06/21/…
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Early results show Zohran Mamdani leading with 51%, followed by former governor Andrew Cuomo at 40% and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, at 8%.
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Polls are closed! New Yorkers came in numbers - nearly 1.75 million according to the city’s board of elections. It’s the biggest turnout in a New York race in 30 years.
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Check out @RNS coverage of today’s 250th anniversary of U.S. military chaplaincy: A review of its history in this story, with links to Q&A with House Chaplain Margaret Gibben and photo gallery:
religionnews.com/2025/07/28/…
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BREAKING: The Episcopal Church has announced it will end its decades-old partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by the Trump admin. religionnews.com/2025/05/12/…
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ICYMI: “The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days suffers a devastating fire,” reports @AP via @RNS
religionnews.com/2025/04/28/…
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Talked to a bunch of voters in Pennsylvania today about religion, politics, and today's election.
This is what they had to say: religionnews.com/2024/11/05/…
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“I think just the whole democratic process of people being engaged and picking their leaders is a powerful one. And that is the essence of democracy,” said @williamskinner, coordinator of Faiths United to Save Democracy.
My @RNS story:
religionnews.com/2024/11/05/…
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Former President Jimmy Carter turns 100 today. In 2018, he told me in an @RNS interview: “To me, ‘faith’ is not just a noun but also a verb.” religionnews.com/2018/04/13/…
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The Hewlett Foundation is funding religion-focused media to foster understanding and dialogue.
Discover why this is crucial on Inside Philanthropy.
DawnWolfe reports: insidephilanthropy.com/home/…
Tagging @Hewlett_Found @RNS
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There’s still time! Hope you’ll register for free @RNS webinar about the Black Church in America -- today (June 27) at 12:30 EST: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
