After six years without hitting the road for a political advocacy tour, the Nuns on the Bus are back, and this time they have brought friends along for the ride.
New Doc Strives for Christian Unity—But What if Unity is the Problem?
Pundits, academics, and church leaders alike decry our current age as a time of partisan rancor and disunity. People, we are told, are locked in “echo chambers,” and they refuse to listen to those with whom they disagree. The Right…
‘The UK is entering its first atheist age,’ say researchers
The proportion of atheists in the UK has grown to such an extent that it is now possible to speak of the country’s “first atheist age”, a group of researchers has said after publishing the findings of a major study…
Columbia pro-Palestinian group endorses violence and walks back apology for student who said ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’
The most prominent pro-Palestinian student group at Columbia University walked back an apology it had issued for a student who said “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”
Harris proposes that Medicare cover more in-home health care, filling a large gap for older Americans and their caregivers
Vice President Kamala Harris outlined a proposal to allow Medicare to expand its coverage of home health care for older Americans. The Democratic presidential nominee announced this plan on the television talk show “The View.”
Ron DeSantis Sends Ominous Threat To TV Station That Aired Pro-Choice Ad
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last week continued his full-court press against a pro-choice ballot measure that will be in front of the state’s voters in a month.
Evangelicals for Harris’ anti-Trump Billy Graham ad prompts threat of lawsuit
The ad begins with a clip of renowned evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham, wearing glasses, a gray suit and tie, leaning in toward a pulpit.
Shofars blown along Ukrainian frontlines as part of Rosh Hashanah initiative for soldiers
For the first time since Ukraine was plunged into war in 2022, soldiers on the front lines could hear the blast of the shofar marking the Jewish new year.
Vatican’s Doctrinal Chief Says Now Not The Time For Female Deacons
The Vatican’s doctrinal summit opened this week with one issue deemed to be out of bounds: female deacons.
Descendants Of Tulsa Massacre Victims Welcome Justice Department’s Review — Cautiously
The Department of Justice announced on Monday a federal review into the two-day racist massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, more than 100 years ago, when white supremacists killed Black civilians while destroying homes and thriving businesses in the predominantly Black community.
A Hurricane Doesn’t Tell Us Who to Hate
My family is from one of the most hurricane-prone places in the United States—our hometown was virtually wiped from the map by Hurricane Katrina. Because of this, we spend hurricane season tracking each tropical depression with dread and then, often,…
Are LGBTQ Jews welcome in Orthodox communities? This is how they are building spaces of their own
It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he thought of it as an act of love. Not toward the Jewish community he was born into, but to himself.