U.S. likely to end air war against Islamic State in Syria
Dec 20, 2018 By Phil Stewart and Ellen Francis WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States will likely end its air campaign against Islamic State in Syria when it pulls out […]
Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs
Epigraph: It is made lawful for you to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast. They are a garment for you, and you are a garment […]
Opponents of Bible classes in a W. Virginia county’s schools win round in court
Source: Washington Post By Joe Heim Reporter covering a range of topics, including race, white nationalism, schools, student culture, Native American issue Parents engaged in battle with a West Virginia school […]
Pope Francis accepts resignation of L.A. bishop accused of sexual misconduct with a minor
Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan December 19 at 4:53 PM ROME — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Los Angeles auxiliary bishop after an archdiocese oversight board found “credible” an […]
Yemeni mother wins visa fight to see her dying child in a California hospital
Source: CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN (CNN)The US State Department granted a Yemeni mother, whose 2-year-old son is on life support in an Oakland hospital, a waiver Tuesday to travel […]
Texas Girl’s Inoperable Brain Tumor Unexpectedly Disappeared, Her Doctors Say
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla The parents of an 11-year-old Texas girl are thanking God after hearing from doctors that an inoperable brain tumor seems to have disappeared. Roxli […]
Denial of human rights cause of world conflicts
Dec 18,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The 70th Human Rights Day has come and gone with little fanfare across the globe. The occasion for the commemoration of the day was […]
Colonel Wilkerson on George W. Bush’s Iraq War and Trump’s Possible Iran War
December 17, 2018 This former official says the Trump admin is priming Americans for war with Iran — and he would know, since he helped George W. Bush do the same for Iraq https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/colonel-wilkerson-on-trumps-possible-iran-war?jwsource=cl
New York Times’ Opinion Video: The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S.
Source: New York Times By Hussein Rashid, Negin Farsad and Joshua Seftel Muslims arrived with Columbus and have been leaving their mark on American culture and society ever since. Did […]
Jesuit Christians release lists of clergy accused of abusing minors
(CNN) Two Jesuit provinces in the United States released lists of 84 clergy credibly accused of sexually abusing minors, the latest revelations in the Catholic Church’s long-running and morally damaging sexual abuse crisis. The two lists, released separately on Monday by the provinces of Maryland and the Midwest, follow two […]
Temple University owes Marc Lamont Hill an apology
Dec 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Because I have a long and complicated history with Temple University, I have closely followed the story of the backlash against Temple […]
Donald Trump’s attempt to rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad is a losing battle
It must be the US president who sent the Sudanese leader to Damascus. When will the West understand that sharing a bed with a monster will give you nightmares? Ahmed […]
Turkey says Trump working on extraditing wanted cleric Gulen
Source: Reuters DOHA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a […]
Muslim Amazon workers say they don’t have enough time to pray. Now they’re fighting for their rights.
Source: Vox By Chavie Lieber Khadra Ibrahin, a 28-year-old single mother of two and Somali immigrant living in Minneapolis, has been working at Amazon’s Shakopee fulfillment center for two years. As […]
Indiana governor says passing hate crime law ‘long overdue’
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN SLODYSKO and TOM DAVIES INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The spray-painting of a swastika outside a suburban Indianapolis synagogue this summer was the final straw for Republican […]
The Little-Known Way Pharma Companies Hook People on Their Costly Drugs
Source: Time By SARAH JANE TRIBBLE / KAISER HEALTH NEWS Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him a $2,976 check to help pay for his go-to […]
A Southern Baptist seminary just admitted its slave-owning past. But it didn’t touch the theology behind it.
Source: The Washington Post By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove This week, the Southern Baptist Convention’s flagship seminary released a detailed, historical accounting of its white supremacist founding. Over 71 pages, the Southern Baptist […]
Lists of Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse Are Spilling Out Across the Country
Source: The New York Times By Campbell Robertson PITTSBURGH — It was a list Charles L. Bailey Jr. had wanted to see for years: the names of the priests in […]
Attorney: Plea negotiations underway for one of 3 Illinois militia members accused of bombing Minnesota mosque
Source: Star Tribune By Stephen Montemayor From left, Michael Hari, Joe Morris and Michael McWhorter have been in federal custody since March on charges out of both Illinois and Minnesota, which […]
‘Every day I go to work and pray I’m safe’
Source: BBC News Hotel room cleaners have long battled sexual harassment by guests. Here’s how a group of them in New York City are protecting themselves. Video Here