This week has offered up another round of predictions about the coming AI apocalypse. A former Anthropic researcher made news by publicly resigning his post and sounding the alarm, warning that some of the people building the next generation of…
When Fewer People Receive Food Assistance, Did Hunger Actually Decline?
Nearly 43,000 people in the Rio Grande Valley have stopped receiving SNAP benefits since November 2025. But did 43,000 people stop being hungry?
Why Is JD Vance Talking About The Antichrist?
JD Vance said he might be bringing about the End Times, adding that he would not be “shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us.”
Mamdani once vowed to arrest Netanyahu. Now he won’t join protests against him.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday that he will not join protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives in the city to address the United Nations annual gathering next week and pushed back on the…
Sander Levin, storied Michigan Jewish Democrat, endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Senate race
Retired U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, a decades-long mainstay of Michigan Jewish Democratic politics, endorsed Abdul El-Sayed for Senate on Tuesday night despite what he called “significant disagreement” on Israel.
Bishop Barron of Word on Fire fuels debate on empathy’s role in society
Aprominent Catholic bishop and commentator has waded into the ongoing culture war over empathy and its role in Christianity, siding with conservative influencers who argue that practicing empathy carries great risk. Bishop Robert Barron, who heads the Diocese of Winona-Rochester,…
Hegseth Praises Bari Weiss’s ‘60 Minutes’ at Pentagon Worship Service
One day after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure that would require President Donald Trump to end the war with Iran and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie moved to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon held its “SECWAR Monthly Christian Prayer…
Deion Sanders’ public prayer in tongues sparks debate on biblicality
A 10-second public prayer in tongues by University of Colorado Buffaloes head football coach and NFL legend Deion Sanders at the start of a postgame press conference after a 52-21 blowout win over Weber State University on Saturday has sparked…
In Germany, right-wing ‘Christfluencers’ hope to follow the US religious right
Tobias Riemenschneider’s congregation meets on the top floor of a repurposed train station outside Frankfurt am Main. A narrow spiral staircase leads to a converted dance studio, encircled by mirrors and chandeliers, decorated in pink and sparkles.
The Religious Behavior Index: How Engaged Are Americans, Really?
In 1972, 41% of Americans in the General Social Survey reported that they attended religious services nearly every week or more. In 2024, that share had declined to just about 25%. At the same time, the share of those who…
‘Third Way’ Christianity: Inside An Unconventional Anabaptist Group
On Strength to Strength Sisters, a website for Anabaptist women, there is a snapshot of the large Kuruvilla family, with Laura and her husband Finny standing behind their eight children. Like many Mennonites, they are dressed conservatively. The girls wear…
T.D. Jakes’ megachurch pays tribute to his 50 years of ministry
Celebrities, fellow pastors and his Dallas megachurch’s next-generation leaders celebrated Bishop T.D. Jakes’ 50th anniversary of ministry during a service Sunday (Sept. 13), as he thanked his congregation and family for their support during a tenure in which he “dared…