Does the Supreme Court have a double standard on religion?
Source: CNN BY Analysis by Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)Less than a month ago, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Christian baker who refused to make a […]
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Walgreens Pharmacist Refuses To Provide Drug For Ariz. Woman With Unviable Pregnancy
Source: NPR By Kat Chow When 35-year-old Nicole Arteaga walked into a Walgreens in Peoria, Ariz., last Wednesday, she was nine weeks pregnant. But, she says, her doctor had told […]
Supreme Court rules against California law targeting anti-abortion pregnancy centers
Source: USA Today BY Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a major blow to a California law requiring anti-abortion pregnancy centers to inform women about publicly funded […]
Republican tax law hits churches
Source: Politico Republicans have quietly imposed a new tax on churches, synagogues and other nonprofits, a little-noticed and surprising change that could cost some groups tens of thousands of dollars. […]
Southern Baptist Head Urges Evangelicals To Avoid Political Ideology Amid Crossroads
Source: NPR BY Tori Whitley Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Pastor J. D. Greear is taking over as leader of the biggest Protestant denomination in the U.S. at an […]
Immigrant children: Federal judge orders families separated at border be reunited within 30 days
Source: USA Today BY Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY A federal judge in California has ordered U.S. immigration authorities to reunite separated families on the border within 30 days, describing the Trump administration’s handling of […]
Iran’s power struggle plays out in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar
Source: CNN By Nick Paton Walsh and Shirzad Bozorgmehr Tehran (CNN)A series of largely economic protests have unsettled Iran’s capital Tehran, mostly focused around traders in the Grand Bazaar and […]
Bernie Sanders: Sarah Sanders has the right to ‘go into a restaurant and have dinner’
Source: Msn News By: Justin Wise Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday came to the defense of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, saying individuals should “have the right to […]
Iran: Khamenei urges judiciary to confront those who harm economy
Source: Al Jazeera News Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned against those “who disrupt economic security”, threatening legal action in response to economic protests that began on Monday […]
EU deeply divided over migration as key summit nears
Source: Al Jazeera News by Annette Ekin Brussels – The European Union’s 28 leaders are expected to meet for the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss migration, […]
Racist attacks in Italy: ‘The problem did not start today’
Source: Al Jazeera News by Ylenia Gostoli Rome, Italy – At the end of another day of rallies and public speeches, Aboubakar Soumahoro’s phone doesn’t stop ringing as his meetings pile […]
Facebook ends initiative to provide wireless internet via drones
Source: Al Jazeera News Facebook has cancelled its Project Aquila, a programme to develop drones to deliver high-speed internet to remote areas currently not connected to the internet. According to Facebook, […]
South Sudan rivals agree to ‘permanent’ ceasefire
Source: Al Jazeera News South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar have agreed to a “permanent” ceasefire to take effect within 72 hours, raising hopes of a peace deal to end […]
UN top court begins hearing Qatar lawsuit against UAE
Source: Al Jazeera News The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has begun hearing a lawsuit by Qatar against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), over a now year-long blockadeagainst […]
‘Green gold’: Pakistan plants hundreds of millions of trees
Source: Al Jazeera News The change is drastic: around the region of Heroshah, previously arid hills are now covered with forest as far as the horizon. In northwestern Pakistan, hundreds […]
The racist myth of the ‘physical’ African football team
Source: Al Jazeera News by James Yeku I love listening to white men, especially old white men, talk about black athletes during major global sporting events. I have been following […]
Saudis arrest another women’s right activist
Source: Al Jazeera News Saudi Arabia has arrested Hatoon al-Fassi, a Saudi women’s rights activist and writer, as part of its crackdown on activists in the kingdom, a human rights group […]
Poland parliament approves change to controversial holocaust law
Source: Al Jazeera News Poland‘s parliament approved on Wednesday changes to a controversial bill that imposed fines and prescribed a maximum three-year sentence to anyone found guilty of ascribing “responsibility or co-responsibility […]
Syria’s war: Calls for help as Deraa hospitals are forced shut
Source: Al Jazeera News by Arwa Ibrahim Air strikes on rebel-held parts of southern Syria have put at least three hospitals and medical centres out of service as the Syrian army presses […]
Entire police force of Mexico town detained after mayoral candidate’s assassination
Source: CNN By Emanuella Grinberg and Fidel Gutierrez The entire police force of a Mexican town in the state of Michoacán is being questioned in the assassination of a mayoral candidate, the […]