Physicists observe ‘negative mass’
Source: BBC Physicists have created a fluid with “negative mass”, which accelerates towards you when pushed. In the everyday world, when an object is pushed, it accelerates in the same […]
A Match Made in Heaven
Source: The Atlantic BY MOLLY WORTHEN Donald trump has never been known for displays of Christian humility. The first few minutes of his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast in February […]
3-Day Trinity Exhibit ‘Hijabs And Hoodies’ Challenges Stereotypes
Source: Hartford Courant BY Susan Dunne Contact Reporter When a wave of violence and police brutality against young African Americans occurred a few years ago, Tracy Keza was paying close attention. […]
Jewish woman in Montana sues over ‘troll storm’ of neo-Nazi harassment
Source: The Guardian BY Lois Beckett A Jewish woman in Montana who was the target of weeks of harassment by neo-Nazi internet trolls is suing the instigator of the “troll storm”, […]
Nuclear war has become thinkable again – we need a reminder of what it means
Paul Mason As Trump faces down North Korea, it’s alarming to think that most of the world’s nuclear warheads are now in the hands of men who are prepared to use them ‘This sudden mania for speaking of nuclear warfare, among men with untrammeled power, should be the No 1 […]
California mosque led by women opens doors to all
Source: Reuters By Lisa Fernandez | BERKELEY, CALIF. The second mosque in the United States led solely by women held its inaugural service in California on Friday, but unlike a […]
Nuclear war possibility
Source: CNN Only at a North Korean press conference at the United Nations, can you hear a diplomat say he hoped journalists had a good holiday weekend and then warn of possible thermonuclear war. North Korea has consistently issued threats of war toward the United States in recent decades, but […]
Calling Islamophobia A Bad Thing Shouldn’t Be Hard. Canada Did It, Yet Congress Still Can’t.
Source: Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias 1.8k Two resolutions condemning Islamophobia died quietly in the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of January, neither having made it out of […]
The cooling of Donald Trump’s Islamo-scepticism
Source: The Economist THESE are confusing times for any student of global religion and geopolitics. This weekend around 2bn Christians mark the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This happens to […]
How American Muslims Are Trying to Take Back Their Government
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN CHICAGO—A weary Barack Obama stood before the nation in January and delivered a message. “If you’re disappointed by your elected officials,” he said in his […]
Black Muslims aim for unity in challenging time for Islam
Source: Associated Press By JEFF KAROUB, SOPHIA TAREEN and NOREEN NASIR DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — In her job as a refugee case manager, Fatimah Farooq would come to work in […]
New York state to set aside $1M to fight hate crimes
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBANY, N.Y. FILE – In this April 10, 2017, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs new legislation for free state college tuition and juvenile justice reform, during a signing ceremony in New York (AP Photo) New York state will use $1 million set aside in its […]
Book Review: Paul and the Pharisee Conspiracy Against Jesus
Source: patheos.com | by Labeeb Ahmad This book caught my eye because of the numerous unresolved questions I had regarding the roots of Christianity. Based on my religious studies, it always seemed that the majority of the gospel of Christ – the teachings spoken by Jesus and promulgated by the apostles he commissioned […]
Neil Gorsuch Tackles Church and State in First Week on Supreme Court
Source: Time BY Mark Sherman and Maria Danilova / AP 11:04 AM ET (WASHINGTON) — Justice Neil Gorsuch’s first week on the Supreme Court bench features an important case about the […]
America’s most powerful ‘Mother of all bombs’ targeted bunkers built by CIA, Edward Snowden drops a bombshell
by Haider Ali Sindhu | Published on April 15, 2017 🔗 WASHINGTON – Although the international media is beating drums after dropping of largest ever non-nuclear bomb ‘MOAB’ by US in […]
US government ‘hacked global bank system’
Source: BBC BY Dave LeeNorth America technology reporter A huge range of security weaknesses, said to be worth over $2m if sold on the black market, have been leaked online. The […]
North Korea ‘ready for nuclear attack’ amid show of force
Source: BBC North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks”. The comments came as […]
‘Big Talk’ considers religious extremism
Source: The Cougar By Katelyn Kenney Students filed into the Agnes Arnold Auditorium Tuesday for a conversation about countering religious extremism. The event, part of the Jack J. Valenti School […]
USA: The polygamy bill: Questions and answers
The Polygamy Blog The polygamy bill: Questions and answers Nate Carlisle First Published Mar 21 2017 Ariel Barlow, right center, carries a sign following a news conference with former polygamists speaking in favor of Republican Rep. Mike Noel bigamy offense amendments Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at the Utah State Capitol, […]
Massive US bomb death toll rises to 94
Associated Press | Published — Saturday 15 April 2017 A general view of the area bombed by the US forces is seen in Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, […]