From Public Schools to Faith-Based Institutions, Protecting the Freedom to Teach and Learn in Accordance with Religious Beliefs and Practice Last month, the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) convened two hearings at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, both centered on the question of religious liberty in education—from public classrooms to private, faith-based institutions. These discussions highlighted growing tensions in how schools, educators, and families navigate faith in the modern educational landscape. Hearing Two: Religious Liberty in Public Education (September 8) This hearing brought together students, parents, faith leaders, and legal experts to discuss restrictions on religious expression in […]

On August 7, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO) titled Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking. At first glance, the order is sound stewardship: it emphasizes transparency, efficiency, and accountability. It seeks to prevent federal dollars being concentrated year after year in the same institutions. It urges agencies to ensure smaller and community-based entities can access funding. And it strengthens reporting and oversight so the government can better track whether programs are delivering outcomes. These reforms are positive overall. For many smaller nonprofits and faith-based organizations, the EO’s provisions offer hope. Often, grant systems favor large, established players […]

This article is part of Better Together — a storytelling series from the Center for Public Justice highlighting how faith-based organizations have partnered with government to see their communities flourish. Sharing Kathy Pointer’s Story South of the Anacostia River in Washington D.C., lines of people begin to form along Alabama Avenue SE every Tuesday morning. Some are students getting ready to start school. Some are waiting for the bus to go to work. And some on the corner of 9th Street SE and Alabama Avenue in front of Greater Fellowship Full Gospel Baptist Church are simply hungry and waiting for […]

From the beginning, God designed us to prosper in families, neighborhoods, and communities filled with care, structure, and purpose. Mental wellness, education, safety, and belonging are all part of God’s design for human flourishing. However, in a broken world, we see what happens when this vision fractures. This brokenness shows up in our schools, our families, and especially in our juvenile justice system. Many of the kids caught in that system live with intense emotional pain. Their stories often include trauma, abuse, abandonment, neglect, poverty, or violence. These kids didn’t just make a bad choice; they are children who often […]

This article is part of Better Together — a storytelling series from the Center for Public Justice highlighting how faith-based organizations have partnered with government to see their communities flourish. Telling the story of DC127 At the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, people gathered to remember and carry forward a movement. August 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. As thousands came to celebrate and to commission one another to realize the dream, another movement—oriented around caring for vulnerable children—was being birthed in […]

Escalating Disasters and FEMA Uncertainty “I have not been affected, why should I care?”, “I care about people before I worry about plants and animals.” These are the words of irritation and apathy toward environmental policy. Climate news and subsequent political implications generate a myriad of responses — frustration at partisan disagreement, suspicion toward those calling for action, and confusion about all the information available. Notably, a third of Americans express annoyance that these issues occupy so much attention.    But what about when disaster strikes?  In recent years, the number of devastating natural disasters have skyrocketed. National Centers for Environmental […]