Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

(ABP) — Two hundred years after his birth on Feb. 12, 1809, British naturalist Charles Darwin remains controversial. His theory of evolution became the linchpin of modern science, but a majority of Americans believe God created humans in their present…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Obama announced a revamped version of his predecessor’s office on faith-based charities Feb. 5, restructuring it with a broad advisory council and vowing to pay close attention to church-state concerns. “The goal of this office will…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (ABP) — A decades-old kidnapping case came to an end Feb. 2 with the arrest of a 72-year-old man accused of abducting two grandchildren left in his care while his daughter and son-in-law headed off for seminary in…

This is what the Baskin children looked like in 1989, when they disappeared. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (ABP) — A decades-old kidnapping case came to an end Feb. 2 with the arrest of a 72-year-old man accused of abducting two grandchildren left…

AUSTIN—A few years ago, Justin Dillon read an article in the New York Times Sunday magazine that detailed the story of young Indian girls who were searching for a better life in the United States but ended up in prostitution….

AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — A few years ago, Justin Dillon read an article in the New York Times Magazine that detailed the story of young Indian girls who were searching for a better life in the United States but ended…

Susan Pacheco of the University of Texas Medical School in Houston describes the impact environmental degradation has on the most vulnerable people in the general population—particularly children and the elderly. (PHOTO/BGCT/Ferrell Foster)AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — Environmental degradation presents the greatest…

David Blankenhorn, founding president of the Institute for American Values in New York, contrasts the “culture of debt” and the “culture of thrift” during his presentation at the BGCT Christian Life Conference in Austin. (PHOTO/Ferrell Foster/BGCT)AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — Public…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — On his 16th day in office, President Barack Obama signed a bill expanding the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by $32 billion, providing coverage to an additional 4 million children in families with incomes too high…