Revealing the ‘Rights’ Chameleon
Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy makes the case that the most color-shifting term in our political vocabulary is 'rights.'
Minority Report: Humanitarian aid, human rights advocacy bolster Baptist witness
Aid and advocacy create a positive witness for Baptists globally, leaders of the Baptist World Alliance noted.
Pastor, civil rights activist Norman Shands dead at 96
Otis Norman Shands Jr., 96, a key figure in the peaceful desegregation of Atlanta Public Schools in 1961 and a resident of The Baptist Home in Chillicothe, Mo., died at home on Dec. 17.
Washington minister to receive BWA human rights award
Edgar Palacios, a Salvadoran who serves as associate pastor for Christian education at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, is the 2012 recipient of the Baptist World Alliance’s Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award.
Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights pioneer, dies at 89
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Fred Shuttlesworth, the last of the “Big Three” of the civil rights movement with Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King, died Oct. 5. He was 89.
Baptist World Alliance presents human-rights award
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) – A Baptist leader who helped broker peace among rival factions in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland accepted the 2011 Baptist World Alliance Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award July 9.
Civil War, Civil Rights
One hundred and fifty years after Confederate artillery fired on Fort Sumter, S.C., and the Civil War began, reminders of the conflict that divided a nation remain fresh.
Supreme Court sides with Texas in case involving prisoner-s rights
WASHINGTON (ABP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled April 20 that a federal law protecting the religious liberty of prison inmates does not entitle a prisoner to monetary damages if that right is denied.
Former Baptist school center of gay-rights dispute
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- A private, historically Baptist Christian college sparked a national media firestorm when its successful women's soccer coach left her job shortly after telling members of her team that she is gay.
Point, shoot, protect rights to photos
Recently, someone posed an interesting question: Who owns the pictures you share online? Well, you do, of course, you took the photo. The actual answer is not always that easy.
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