Manhattan’s District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, is best known these days for leading the probe of whether former president Donald Trump and his company broke state laws in 2016 to buy Stormy Daniels’ silence about an alleged affair.
Federal judge blocks Tennessee law restricting drag shows
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Tennessee law restricting drag shows on Friday, the day before it was set to go into effect.
The intellectual source code for national conservatism can be found at this niche Catholic publication
First Things describes itself as “America’s most influential journal of religion and public life.” You might not have heard of First Things—the magazine’s circulation wouldn’t drain a bathtub and its web traffic is quite modest—but its slogan is no idle boast.
Kazakh Authorities Continue To Punish Individuals For Expressing Faith Online
Kazakhstan’s authorities are known to have brought at least 143 administrative prosecutions in 2022 — an average of 12 per month — to punish individuals and organizations for their exercise of freedom of religion or belief.
At many Passover Seders, Israel unrest will be on the table
Marc Slutsky has been leading Passover Seders for 40 years, taking on troubling issues that have included Soviet Jewry, racism in the United States, and war after war after war.
Chaplains made part of Ukraine’s military as war drags on
To the haunting chants of a church choir in Kyiv’s 11th century Saint Sophia Cathedral, the first group of chaplains to join the Ukrainian military’s command structure graduated in a ceremony Saturday.
From Senate subcommittee to Easter sermon: Raphael Warnock on life as a pastor-politician
Raphael Warnock, U.S. senator and Baptist pastor, was wrapping up his time on Capitol Hill before heading back to his native Georgia in time for what is perhaps the busiest week of the year for Christian clergy.
Martin Luther King Jr. Looks to God in New Statue
On Monday, Kathy Fincher looked into Martin Luther King Jr.’s eyes and knew something wasn’t quite right.
Lawsuit: Celebrity-friendly church required workers to tithe
A Seattle-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been accused in a lawsuit of requiring employees to donate some of their earnings back to the religious organization or risk…