National security experts have urged American governors to disregard conservative news reports denigrating the vetting process for Afghan allies resettling in the United States. Instead, they asked governors to trust screening procedures for arrivals and to welcome the evacuees into…
Most Americans favor church-state separation, but many evangelicals do not
Most Americans support the principle of church-state separation, but fascination about their merger exists among minorities of some political, religious and ethnic groups, the Pew Research Center has documented. Pew’ latest American Trends Panel revealed 55% of U.S. adults favor…
Survey paints scary, hopeful picture of U.S. political divide
A large group of Republicans, including those who trust far-right news sources, say violence may be necessary to solve the nation’s political divisions, a new survey shows. Almost one of every three (30%) Republicans agree “true American patriots might have…
Baylor, Harvard team up to study faith’s role in human flourishing
Baylor and Harvard university scientists are looking for the factors that contribute to human flourishing around the world. They announced their five-year, $43.4 million study Oct. 29. The project will evaluate 240,000 individuals from 22 nations over an extended period…
Global migration isn’t just about the U.S., but the U.S. needs to keep its commitments, U.N. commissioner says
The global migration crisis isn’t just about people trying to come to the United States, the top refugee official from the United Nations said. Yet amid this massive worldwide migration, the U.S. must adhere to its treaty and legal obligations…
Trump didn’t dupe evangelicals; they chose him, Baptist author says
Author and Baptist pastor Rodney Kennedy is no fan of Donald Trump or of the evangelicals who helped put the former president into the White House in 2016. But he’s equally disdainful of those who portray Trump’s conservative Christian base…
HBCUs urge Congress to see infrastructure funding as a justice issue
The president of a historically Black college with deep Baptist roots has joined an array of HBCU leaders to demand their under-funded institutions receive a bigger slice of the federal budget currently being drafted by Congress. Kevin Cosby of Louisville-based…
Schaeffer: White nationalist evangelicals believe in Trump like an article of faith
Evangelicals fervently support Donald Trump — a thrice-married gambling mogul and television reality star — because they have made his presidency a matter of faith, said Frank Schaeffer, son of the late evangelical theologian Francis Schaeffer. “In other words, when…
Immigration advocates furious with Biden administration over Remain in Mexico policy
The Biden administration has created a rift with immigrant advocates by announcing it plans to resume the Trump-era practice of returning asylum seekers to Mexico as they await U.S. court hearings. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Oct. 15…