Less than two years after racial justice protests sparked calls to “defund the police,” states and jurisdictions are using pandemic aid to pad already bloated law enforcement budgets. By Brian [...]
These not-so-new strategies to reduce gun violence are finally getting increased attention and investment. By Nazish Dholakia for Forbes DeVone Boggan has spent more than a decade working with [...]
Activists are trying to bring attention to the case of a young Black man who was shot by New Mexico state police while on a road trip from Indiana to Arizona.
Activists on Friday rallied in person and online to bring attention to the case of a young Black man who was shot by New Mexico state police officers while on a road trip from Indiana to Arizona.
Activists on Friday rallied in person and online to bring attention to the case of a young Black man who was shot by a New Mexico state police while on a road trip from Indiana to Arizona, while [...]
The department said it worked with Faith in Indiana and other community and advocacy groups to create the updated use-of-force polices.
In 2016, an Indianapolis-based faith organization launched a successful campaign to bring more funding to the mass transit system in Marion County. Shelterforce’s Miriam Axel-Lute talks with [...]
Like many other Midwestern regions, Indianapolis sprawled outward throughout the latter half of the 20th century, and its expansive transit system was gradually cut back during the same time [...]
... For instance, the Faith in Indiana project takes on racial polarization by fostering dialogue between faith communities and training clergy to shift the public conversation. ...
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigeg (D) is open to a call from area activists and faith groups for an independent prosecutor to investigate the recent fatal shooting of a black man by a South [...]
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is canceling several days of campaign events following the fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer in the Indiana town where he serves [...]
During the past six weeks, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis has been strengthening the foundation for their latest program, the Catholic Accompaniment and Reflection Experience, or CARE. ... The [...]
Indiana– Vice President Mike Pence often describes his conservative religious views as “Hoosier values.” It’s a consistent narrative in a state that, with the exception of [...]
Bishop George Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, presents at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, in Crystal City, Virginia. (Courtesy of Jeff Peak/Creighton University Schlegel Center for Service [...]
September 12, 2018 | Jason Moon Hope Magazine – “We have the power to do something about this. I definitely believe we are making a difference,” said Sister Tracey Horan, pausing [...]
River of Life Church, Gary IN This morning I drove over to River of Life Church in Gary IN, where a group called Faith In Indiana was holding a clergy summit to talk about immigration, criminal [...]
Jessica Inholt, 28, was arrested in August 2014 and charged with conspiracy to commit dealing heroin. She had wrestled with addiction for years, but had never been to prison before. After her [...]
I can still picture it: my teacher Gato (so dubbed because his eyes were two different colors, “like a cat,” he said) and me hunched over an article in a small booth-like classroom at [...]
WASHINGTON – When forty Catholics holding rosaries were handcuffed and led away by police at the U.S. Capitol in late February during a protest to show support for young undocumented [...]
The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than any other country and a majority of these women are mothers. Most women who are incarcerated are separated from their children, but a unique [...]
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