The domestic gag rule on abortion, explained
Source: Vox By Anna North The Trump administration last year reinstated — and expanded — a rule banning family planning clinics that get aid money from the United States from performing abortions or […]
Why 80% of American Muslims fast during Ramadan. (It’s not about the food.)
Source: CNN By Omar Suleiman (CNN)Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, begins next week, which means Muslim children in school and adults at work will be met with curiosity or possibly […]
Iraqi forces capture 5 top IS leaders in cross-border raid
Source: Assoicated Press By SUSANNAH GEORGE and JOSH LEDERMAN BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces in coordination with U.S.-backed Syrian forces have captured five senior Islamic State group leaders, the U.S.-led […]
US apologized after Canadian minister was asked to remove turban
Source: CNN By Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN)He had passed the usual security checks at Detroit Metro Airport but that was not enough. Then he was asked to remove his turban. […]
Kalkaska village president ousted in recall after anti-Muslim Facebook post
Source: MLIVE By Mark Tower mtower@mlive.com KALKASKA, MI — A village president in a small Northern Michigan community who gained national attention in June 2017 for controversial social media posts was […]
Man pleads guilty to vandalizing Tennessee Islamic Center
Source: Associated Press By SHEILA BURKE NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to vandalizing a Tennessee Islamic Center last July with profane references to Allah in spray-paint […]
Michael Cohen’s ‘Essential Consultants’ Business Is a Big Problem for Donald Trump
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT and HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS At 5:06 p.m. on May 8, Michael Avenatti, the ubiquitous lawyer for adult-film star Stormy Daniels, tweeted a bombshell. Avenatti, whose client is suing President […]
‘World Peace!’ President Trump Reveals Kim Jong Un Meeting Will Take Place in Singapore on June 12
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON May 10, 2018 President Donald Trump revealed the date and location of his upcoming meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, announcing Thursday that they […]
Cocaine breathalyser ‘one step closer’
Source: BBC News Researchers in the US say they have developed a low-cost chip that can detect cocaine in minutes. The team hopes it will lead to the development of […]
Can Beto O’Rourke Turn Texas Blue?
Source: Time By NASH JENKINS / LAREDO May 8, 2018 Something is happening here in south Texas. On a hot May afternoon, dozens of people have assembled in a border-town beer […]
Trump’s Pick For CIA Director Won’t Say Torture Program Was Morally Wrong
Source: Huffington Post Gina Haspel pledged not to revive the spy agency’s interrogation operation — but she wouldn’t condemn it. By Jessica Schulberg and Igor Bobic WASHINGTON — Gina […]
The number of refugees admitted to the U.S. has fallen, especially among Muslims
Source: Pew Research Center BY PHILLIP CONNOR AND JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD Syrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf receives a kiss from her mother, Fattoum Haj Khalaf, in February 2017 shortly after the family had […]
Blacks more likely than others in U.S. to read the Bible regularly, see it as God’s word
Source: Pew Research Center BY JEFF DIAMANT (Stephen Morton/Getty Images) This is one of an occasional series of posts on black Americans […]
Mormon church to cut ties with Boy Scouts and start its own gospel-driven youth program
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Paighten Harkins The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is ending its more than century-old relationship with the Boy Scouts of America and will create new youth programs for its members. The church announced Tuesday evening that it will sever ties with the […]
How President Trump’s Iran Deal Decision Could Backfire
Source: Time By IAN BREMMER May 8, 2018 President Donald Trump has fulfilled his promise to withdraw the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal. For a man about to stare down Kim Jong Un over a […]
President Trump Pulls U.S. Out of ‘Defective’ Iran Nuclear Deal
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON Updated: May 8, 2018 3:52 PM ET President Donald Trump announced he will reinstate “the highest level of economic sanctions” that were waived as part of the Iran […]
In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
Source: RNS By Mark A. Kellner The Rev. Patricia A. Davenport speaks after being elected bishop of the ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod during its assembly at Franconia Mennonite Church in Telford, […]
A Genetic Test Could Help Predict the Right Antidepressant For You
Source: Time Depression is a complicated condition, and so are the people it affects. It’s often difficult — and can take months or even years — to find the right drugs to treat the heterogeneous mood disorder. But for decades, doctors have been treating depression essentially by prescribing a drug and […]
‘We are shocked’: More than 1,000 Southern Baptist women denounce leader’s ‘objectifying’ comments, advice to abused women
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey More than 1,000 Southern Baptist women have signed an open letter to the trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary that says they are “grieved by […]
There’s More to Being Jewish Than Fighting Anti-Semitism
Source: The Atlantic BY EMMA GREEN A Jewish journalist lives in the big city. He is largely secular and proudly defies religious traditions; he runs easily with his generation’s cohort […]