by Jena Lowe | Dec 7, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics
WASHINGTON — With three weeks left before the 111th Congress adjourns, faith groups are mounting a full court press on Capitol Hill on a number of bills, including a nuclear treaty with Russia and an immigration bill. Advocates are pressing for action on The...
by Jena Lowe | Nov 16, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics
WASHINGTON — A group of Seventh-Day Adventists will pray for bipartisanship Wednesday on Capitol Hill, the latest in a rallying cry for prayer to become a bigger part of politics. The coalition is appealing to President Barack Obama and Congress to use prayer in...
by Jena Lowe | Nov 8, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON — A national network of faith-based organizations, ministers, homeowners and community organizers met with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday, urging him to fight fraudulent foreclosures. People Improving Communities through Organizing,...
by Jena Lowe | Oct 26, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON — The newest employee at Washington National Cathedral was nowhere to be found in her office on a recent afternoon. She was probably out and about, staffers said, doing God’s work. “She likes to bring gifts from her adventures,” said Jean...
by Grant Slater | Oct 7, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics
On Wednesday, members of Kansas’ Westboro Baptist Church picketed the Supreme Court in Washington as a member of the church’s family argued before the justices inside. Reporting and production by Jena Lowe and Grant Slater
by Jena Lowe | Oct 6, 2010 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court provided the biggest stage yet Wednesday for the Rev. Fred Phelps and his message that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are punishment for America’s lax stance on homosexuals. Jaws dropped, eyes widened and some moans of distaste...
