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Larry Lyon named Truett McConnell president

Larry Lyon has been elected president of Truett McConnell University to succeed Emir Caner, who was fired by trustees last year amid allegations of mishandling reports of sexual abuse. Lyon currently serves as senior vice president for business administration at…

Loomer ordered to finish paying CAIR damages

Trump influencer Laura Loomer has been ordered by a federal court to complete payment of a 2022 judgment against her to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The payments were mandated by a settlement reached after her 2022 lawsuit falsely alleging…

Happy 50th birthday, Black History Month

Happy Birthday to Black History Month — 50 years federally recognized and 100 years strong in purpose, beginning as “Negro History Week” in 1926. While the United States formally recognized Black History Month in 1976, the acknowledgment of Black history…

This was worse than them calling me a ‘murderer’

I live and serve as a pastor in Moscow, Idaho, a town that is home to one of the largest and loudest Christian nationalist groups in the country right now. However, despite what you hear on the news, my town…

It’s time to do our duty

The unnecessary murder of 37-year-old nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti is the tragic “same song, second verse.” What is that song? Unnecessary violence at the hands of untrained immigration enforcement officers who have no business with guns. In fact, ICE has…

‘I see you, I grieve with you, I stand with you’

My heart retches within me. I grieve for the lives of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Good was murdered while she attempted to drive away from an ICE agent, shot at least twice through her window after the ICE agent…

Why you gotta be so mean?

Someone posted this question on Reddit: “What’s the most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to you?” You might be surprised by how many were willing to reopen deep wounds by sharing the harshest words they have received. One woman…

‘These are not law enforcement tactics’

The Trump administration is endangering the very American communities it claims to be protecting through drastic immigration enforcement efforts, a Southern law enforcement official said. “Our role is to keep our communities safe, and what we’re witnessing all across this…