The Smithsonian now has its first religion curator since the 1890s
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Peter Manseau was born for this job. The son of a priest and a nun, Manseau was meant to be a scholar making […]
The public and private faith of Hillary Clinton
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories on the religious beliefs of the presidential nominees. Read about the faith of Donald Trump here. (CNN)At a Catholic charity event this month, Hillary Clinton, a onetime Sunday school teacher, made a small […]
Clinton emails: FBI chief may have broken law, says top Democrat
Source: BBC Harry Reid accused FBI director James Comey of violating an act which bars officials from influencing an election. News of the FBI inquiry comes less than two weeks […]
Supreme Court Will Rule on Virginia Transgender Teen’s Bathroom Case
Source: Time By Mark Sherman and Alanna Durkin Richer Gavin Grimm was prevented from using the boys’ bathroom at his high school (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court will take up the […]
US election 2016: Clinton demands details of new email probe
Source: BBC Hillary Clinton has urged the FBI to explain without delay why it is carrying out a new investigation into her use of emails. Americans “deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately,” she said. The FBI says it has fresh emails which may be “pertinent” to a […]
Tesla shows off solar roof tiles
Source: BBC By Dave Lee North America technology reporter Roof tiles with built-in solar panels have been unveiled by Tesla chief executive Elon Musk. The tiles, made from glass, are intended […]
Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton Hit the Road Together
Source: Time By Sam Frizell The audience in Winston-Salem, N.C., could be forgiven for forgetting which Democrat is running for President. It was Michelle Obama who had the last word at […]
How Trump Is Dividing Jerry Falwell’s University
Source: Politico By BRANDON AMBROSINO Last weekend, as more than 9,000 alumni descended on Lynchburg, Virginia, for Liberty University’s homecoming weekend, much went as expected. The carnival atmosphere was pervasive—boosters […]
National Cathedral faces calls to remove windows with Confederate generals
Source: RNS By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) After quietly removing panes bearing the Confederate flag from its stained-glass windows, leaders of the Washington National Cathedral are now wondering what to do […]
Michelle Obama ‘Will Never Run for Office,’ President Says
Source: Time By Katie Reilly President Barack Obama on Friday shut down speculation that First Lady Michelle Obama might pursue a political career of her own. The First Lady has become […]
One-in-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in Interfaith Homes
Source: Pew Research Center Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study. This includes about one-in-ten who say they were raised by two people, both of whom were religiously affiliated but with different religions, such as a Protestant mother […]
Liberty University Students Want to Be Christians—Not Republicans
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN LYNCHBURG, Va.—When Jerry Falwell founded Liberty University in 1971, he dreamed of transforming the United States. As he put it, “We’re turning out moral revolutionaries.” […]
Conservative Christian Women Turn Away From Donald Trump
Source: Wall Street Journal By IAN LOVETT Since becoming an evangelical Christian in college, Laura Robinson has also called herself a Republican. But after watching the video of GOP presidential […]
Why Donald Trump could lose red Utah: Mormon America has found another candidate.
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Although Mormons have traditionally been the most Republican religious group in the United States, it appears that they are fleeing this year’s […]
Father who lost Muslim son in Iraq berates Trump from mosque
Source: Associated Press By BEN FINLEY NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Khizr Khan, a Muslim-American whose son was killed in Iraq, held back tears Wednesday as he again took on Donald […]
‘Patient Zero’ Not the Source of HIV in the U.S., Study Finds
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Scientists have exonerated the man blamed for setting off the AIDS epidemic Scientists using genetically-sequenced blood samples from people infected by HIV have exonerated the man known as “patient zero,” who was blamed for setting off the AIDS epidemic. A genetic analysis of stored blood samples […]
Twitter to Lay Off 9% of Workforce as Revenue Slows
Source: Time (Reuters) – Twitter Inc’s quarterly revenue growth slowed sharply in the third quarter but topped analysts’ expectations, and the company said it would cut 9 percent of its […]
Islamic world replete with conflicts over who is actually a Muslim: Zohaib Zafar (Opinon)
Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar writes on the importance of understanding the underlying causes of conflict in the Islamic world. (Cory Shaffer/cleveland.com/file photo) PrintEmail By Guest Columnist/cleveland.com on October 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM Zohaib ZafarZohaib Zafar Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a Brecksville resident, is a student at Davidson College in […]
Philippines’ President Duterte Says He Wants Foreign Troops Out of the Country
Source: Time By Mari Yamaguchi / AP (TOKYO) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, speaking in a country that is a staunch U.S. ally and hosts 50,000 American troops, said Wednesday that he wants his country to be free of foreign troops, possibly within two years. “I want to be friends to […]
MY MUSLIM FATHER’S FAITH IN AMERICA
Source: The New Yorker By Mohammed Naseehu Ali When I was growing up, in the early nineteen-eighties, most of my fellow-Ghanaians viewed America as an evil empire that was bent […]