A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after escaping — because of antisemitic bias by…
Why British Funerals Are Becoming More Boisterous And Bizarre
Funerals — often thought of as solemn events filled with grief and mourning — are starting to take on a different tone.
ABA walks back plan to remove ‘race and ethnicity’ from law school diversity rules
The American Bar Association is aiming to keep references to “race and ethnicity” in its diversity rules for law schools, following pushback from legal educators who said a proposed revision of the rule that struck those terms could hobble efforts…
Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism
Most public policy lecture halls do not echo with call-and-response Gospel hymns. But on a recent Tuesday afternoon, singer and musicologist Yara Allen warms up a class in New Haven, Conn.
Movie Review: ‘Heretic’ is a fascinating mix of high discourse, gore and a shifty Hugh Grant
“Heretic” opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they’re all pretty much a standard size. “What else do we…
Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress
Uncertainty about the election getting to you? Is anxiety the dominant feature of your emotional landscape, maybe with a small sprinkling of impending doom?
‘Rocky’ meets ‘The Chosen’ in a new movie about an MMA prizefighting pal of Jesus
That’s the magic behind “The Carpenter,” a new film opening this weekend, which tells the story of a first-century prizefighter whose day job is apprenticing for a mysterious, miracle-working craftsman from Nazareth.
Argentina Moves to Officially Celebrate Its Evangelicals
Today, October 31, Reformation Day, evangelicals in Argentina have an extra reason to celebrate, as their country officially recognizes the National Day of Evangelical and Protestant Churches.
Chicago school board president resigns amid backlash over antisemitic social media posts
The president of Chicago’s public school board resigned Thursday after only a week on the job following two days of backlash over his history of antisemitic social media posts.