Source: Associated Press By YANAN WANG BEIJING (AP) — The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao paid no more than three dollars for the trip that would end up costing him his freedom. For years, he and fellow Chinese Christian teachers would cross the river on a narrow bamboo raft from a […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner April 15 at 7:39 PM SAN DIEGO — Fayaz Nawabi has never met President Trump. But he credits the president with convincing him to run for […]
Source: Time By MICHAEL ZENNIE Updated: April 16, 2018 6:30 AM ET Fired FBI Director James Comey believes President Donald Trump “possibly” committed obstruction of justice by asking him to “let […]
Trump now faces Comey’s moral assault Source: CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson The former FBI director’s appearance threw into focus questions that will be at play over the next 10 days: […]
Source: Vox Lynchburg’s Red Letter Revival brought “pro-testifiers” to Jerry Falwell Jr.’s door. By Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIBtara.burton@vox.com Apr 12, 2018, 3:30pm EDT SHARE Alex Wong/Getty Images Lynchburg, Virginia, became the site of a battleground over the future of American evangelicalism last weekend. On one side of the conflict was Liberty University, the […]
Source: National Geographic By Leila Fadel Photographs by Lynsey Addario This story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. This story is part of Diversity in America, a National Geographic series covering racial, ethnic, and […]
Source: Slate By RUTH GRAHAM Bill Hybels prays with President Bill Clinton on the North Portico of the White House on June 6, 1995. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Luke Frazza/Getty Images. One of the prominent leaders in American evangelicalism resigned abruptly Tuesday night in the wake of a series of accusations […]
Source: The Seattle Times BY KRISTEN HARE · APRIL 11, 2018 One Monday last June, a few teams at The Seattle Times got together to sift through about 30 ideas they’d collected from the newsroom for a hack week. america an off-white conference room with exposed ductwork and windows looking out on […]
Source: Time By LILY ROTHMAN April 11, 2018 Madeleine Albright has created plenty of history herself — as the first woman to be U.S. Secretary of State, for example — but in the last several years, a different slice of the past has caught her eye. Noticing the rise of a new trend […]
Source: Time By JULIET LINDERMAN AND JONATHAN LEMIRE / AP April 11, 2018 (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require mandatory drug testing for some food stamp recipients. If adopted, the plan would give a win to conservatives seeking to cut the safety […]
Source: Huffington Post Three Kansas men on trial in a domestic terrorism case are trying out arguments that wouldn’t fly in other terrorism cases. By Ryan J. Reilly SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF Patrick Stein, Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright have been charged in a conspiracy to bomb a community of Somali […]
Source: NPR By Leila Fadel Fashion designers. Community activists. Parents. Converts. High school students facing down bullies. Podcasters creating their own space to exhale. The newest generation of American Muslims […]
Source: Time By BRIAN BENNETT April 10, 2018 Historians judge presidents by how they react in times of crisis, and during an unseasonably cold April in Washington, Trump is facing two major ones: how to respond to a brutal chemical strike in Syria and what to do about investigations reaching his […]
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack On an otherwise unremarkable June day nearly four decades ago, the LDS Church made a momentous declaration: It was opening its priesthood to “all worthy males,” ending a centurylong ban on black men and boys being ordained, and on black women […]
Source: myAJC By Rosalind Bentley and Ernie Suggs – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Martin Luther King III, center, holding hands with his daughter Yolanda Renee King, leads the March for Humanity Monday commemorating the funeral procession for his father. Rosalind Bentley / rbentley@ajc.com Updated: 4:16 p.m. Monday, April 09, 2018 | Posted: 3:18 p.m. Monday, April […]
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Hannah Allam and Talal Ansari BuzzFeed News Reporter A BuzzFeed News analysis found that Republican officials in 49 states have openly attacked Muslims with words and proposed legislation since 2015, and few have faced repercussions. A state lawmaker in Oklahoma refused to meet with Muslim constituents unless they replied […]
Source: Time By LINDSAY WHITEHURST / AP (SALT LAKE CITY) — After Utah passed the country’s first law legalizing so-called free-range parenting, groups in states from New York to Texas are pushing for similar steps to bolster the idea that supporters say is an antidote for anxiety-plagued parents and overscheduled kids. […]
Source: The Washington Post Mary Klein, center, speaks at a news conference to urge city officials to educate doctors about the city’s “Death with Dignity” law and to ease barriers […]
Source: Boston Globe By Cristela Guerra GLOBE STAFF APRIL 09, 2018 Among throngs of people touring the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center on Sunday were two lanky middle school girls who love […]
Source: TED Talks BY Sally Kohn We’re all against hate, right? We agree it’s a problem — their problem, not our problem, that is. But as Sally Kohn discovered, we […]