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Trump wants to revoke legal status of refugees already admitted

The Trump administration plans to review and possibly revoke the legal status of refugees resettled in the U.S. during Joe Biden’s presidency. The order affects more than 200,000 refugees who entered the country legally between Jan. 20, 2021, and Feb….

Six insights I learned from women in ministry

“What is your story of serving as a woman in ministry?” We asked this question to nearly 100 women ordained by Baptist churches in Atlantic Canada over the past 50 years as part of the Called to Serve research project. Their responses surprised,…

How Orthodoxy almost drew me in

On The New York Times website recently, Ruth Graham wrote about the surge of converts to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, driven heavily by young, conservative men who crave the grounding in tradition it provides. I was immediately struck by the resonances…

Hispanic voters turning more sour on Trump, Pew says

The much-discussed Hispanic turn in support of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race is fading, according to new polling from Pew Research. In earlier data, Pew reported Hispanic voters were divided in 2024, “a major shift from 2020 and…

Letters to Mary: Women are fully alive

Looking yourself in the eye and feeling alive That is hope — Christy LaFrance Williamson Dear Mary, Mother, I write these words to you woman to woman, my flesh like your flesh. I also am a mother, and I…

Starving the mindset that feeds terrorism

Across Nigeria’s highways and farm paths, in markets and dormitories, and even in churches and mosques, faith has become a weapon. The line between devotion and destruction has grown perilously thin. Religious violence here is not new; what is new is…

Dutch scholar accuses BBC of editing his speech in fear of Trump

A Dutch historian has accused the British Broadcasting Corporation of caving to fears about being sued by U.S. President Donald Trump and removing a critical line from a recent lecture. Rutger Bregman released a video Nov. 25 detailing his recent experience…

Stephanie Erin Leonard: April 22, 1975 – November 26, 2025

After a critical decline in health, Stephanie Erin Leonard passed away peacefully at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in the early hours of Nov. 26. Her parents, Candyce and Bill Leonard, were at her bedside. Stephanie was born in…

Ex-Turning Point executive pleads guilty to attempted election fraud

Austin Smith, the former director of Turning Point Action, the political arm of Turning Point USA, pled guilty to attempted election fraud for his effort to forge signatures while running for reelection to the Arizona Legislature. When Smith was indicted…

NAMB reneges on life insurance promised to forced retirees

“We planned our funerals around that promise.” Bert Ross remembers the paperwork he signed in December 2010, when he and nearly a hundred others were pushed out of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board in a large downsizing….

Who gets to apologize?

The recent atmospheric shift felt by many across the country wasn’t hell freezing over — it was Marjorie Taylor Greene apologizing for years of participating in what she called “toxic politics,” taking responsibility for herself and her own actions. For those of…

Back to the plantation: How MAHA weaponizes food

As the nation looks to the holidays and fallout from the longest government shutdown in history, funds are slowly becoming available to fund SNAP programs for 42 million Americans. At the same time, the Make America Healthy Again movement is poised to resurrect a…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system