Even though more Hispanic voters swung for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election than in either of his previous runs for office, his immigration policies remain largely unfavorable among U.S. Hispanics. “The latest poll underscores a harsh reality: Nearly…
Baylor international students safe for now
The federal government temporarily reinstated the visas of three international Baylor University students just weeks after revoking them as part of President Donald Trump’s massive immigration crackdown, the Baylor Lariat reported. The student newspaper at the Baptist-affiliated university did not…
Baptist group not gaining traction in fight against Colorado trans bills
The Center for Baptist Leadership is urging Baptist pastors, Focus on the Family, Compassion International and other groups to publicly oppose a Colorado bill that would penalize parents and others who “deadname” children by not using their preferred pronouns. “Despite…
House Judiciary Committee wants to impose fees on immigrant children
A congressional committee is contemplating steps to end legal assistance and trafficking protections for unaccompanied immigrant children and enacting oppressive regulations such as charging families $8,500 for the release of a youth from U.S. custody, child advocates warned during an…
Dividing lines at Catholic Conclave may be different than you expect
The process of choosing a successor for the late Pope Francis will certainly include maneuvering by conservative and progressive elements in the Catholic Church, but with little if any of the zero-sum scheming common among bitterly divided U.S. denominations, Vatican…
Who loves what Trump is doing? White evangelicals
As President Donald Trump faces historic low levels of public approval and is seen as sowing chaos around the globe, not all Americans are upset. In fact, there are some who cheer his actions as president. Among those, his evangelical…
Trump creates Religious Liberty Commission
Americans’ competing visions of what “religious liberty” means came into full view May 1 as President Donald Trump created a Religious Liberty Commission that was immediately denounced by watchdogs of traditional religious liberty. “This order accelerates the collapse of our…
Dr. Phil says states should not be subject to Establishment Clause
Dr. Phil has something to say about religious liberty and public education. The TV therapist made popular by Oprah has taken a very public conservative bent lately, and this week he wrote an op-ed for the New York Post explaining…
United Methodist schools stand up to Trump administration
Leaders of United Methodist-affiliated colleges and universities are expanding their resistance to Trump administration efforts to interfere in the nation’s educational institutions. The movement began in late February when Roland Fernandes, top executive of the General Board of Higher Education…
SBC membership shrank by nearly one-fourth in two decades
The Southern Baptist Convention has lost nearly one-fourth of its members in the past two decades. The latest report from the SBC’s Lifeway Christian Resources shows total membership in SBC churches nationwide fell to 12,722,266 in 2024 — a loss…
Supreme Court appears inclined to establish Free Exercise Clause
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed open April 30 to permitting the use of taxpayer dollars to fund the nation’s first religious public charter school. Their reasoning during oral arguments about the case of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic…
Heritage Foundation leader sees Trump’s first 100 days as ‘glorious’
The American people “should be taking a victory lap” because of the success of President Donald Trump’s implementation of Project 2025, the head of the Heritage Foundation told National Public Radio April 30. In an interview with “All Things Considered”…