Bill to penalize TV indecency stalled
WASHINGTON (BP)–A bill seeking to strengthen restrictions on television indecency finally escaped a Senate committee in December but now sits idly on the Senate legislative calendar with no signs of moving anytime soon. The Protecting Children From Indecent Programming Act, S. 1780, attempts to remedy the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in June that […]
‘Tears of joy for surviving’ flowed at Union
JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--"It was very emotional at Union" the day after the tornado, said Josh Clarke, immediate past president of the Student Government Association.
AIDS IN AFRICA: A desperate situation
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (BP)--Miles of shacks built from bits of tin, wood and cardboard hunch shoulder to shoulder amid subsistent living conditions, often exacerbated by the AIDS/HIV epidemic.
AIDS IN AFRICA: ‘Decide to Decide Right’
HARTSWATER, South Africa (BP)--Lyndee Joe opens a bag of doughnut-like pastries and asks: "Who wants a Fat Cake?" All the Tswana middle school students raise their hands.
Reaching Cape Town one step at a time
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (BP)–Mike Boone noses his “bakki,” commonly known as an Isuzu truck, though narrow roads in one of Cape Town’s townships. In minutes, the scenery changes from a beautiful old city on the waterfront to miles of devastated townships. An agriculturalist, Boone does church planting and development, focusing on children and young […]
