In spite of record economic instability, the United States mitigated a “hunger disaster” during the pandemic primarily through public and private partnerships, said Jeremy Everett, founding executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty.
How Kanye West’s Breakdown Makes Sense of Our Social Crisis
This past week, the artist formerly known as Kanye West—who now goes by “Ye”—was suspended from Twitter after an unhinged rant. He posted comments using antisemitic tropes about the “influence” of Jewish people, followed by an almost incomprehensible threat to go “death…
Mexican church suspends priest who advised carrying guns
Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church has suspended a controversial priest who has advised parishioners to carry guns to fight off drug cartels.
Stanford U discriminated against Jewish applicants in the 1950s, task force confirms
An official investigation by Stanford University released Wednesday confirmed longstanding suspicions that university administrators acted to limit Jewish enrollment in the 1950s while publicly denying that they were doing so.
Hijab rules have nothing to do with Islamic tenets and everything to do with repressing women
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was held by Iran’s morality police for not complying with the country’s hijab rules has drawn global attention to the repression of women in Iran. Neighboring Saudi Arabia, a Sunni country, theologically and politically…
Wanted: More Christians to Dig in Israel
Biblical archaeology is back in full swing in Israel—after a two-year pandemic delay—and now the digs across the country are going to get a new boost from tourist-volunteers.
Heresy isn’t the enemy in TikTok pastor’s new book
The label “heretic” doesn’t faze Brandan Robertson.
Santa Fe Archdiocese files plan for $121M abuse settlement
In New Mexico, one of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. has filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate nearly 400 clergy abuse survivors with more than $121 million.
Poll: Latinos, including Christians, overwhelmingly support abortion access
Nearly 3 in 4 Latinos, regardless of their personal beliefs, are overwhelmingly against making abortion illegal, according to a new national poll that surveyed Latino registered voters.
Eboo Patel Is Leading Interfaith America Into The New Era Of Religious Diversity
By his own telling, as a young man Eboo Patel was something of a jerk.
NAACP Slams Sen. Tuberville For ‘Utterly Sickening’ Racist Remark
Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s comments comparing Black people to criminals were “flat out racist, ignorant and utterly sickening,” the NAACP’s president said Monday.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s genocide rhetoric creates a permission structure for the right — but permission to do what?
Even for her, it was a chilling statement. “We’re all targets now though, for daring to push back against the regime,” Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed at a Trump rally in Michigan last Saturday.