Secular Hollywood Quietly Courts the Faithful
Source: The New York Times By BROOKS BARNES The Rev. Roderick Dwayne Belin, a senior A.M.E. Church leader, stood before a gathering of more than 1,000 pastors in a drafty […]
President Obama: I Could Have Beaten Donald Trump
Source: Time By Tessa Berenson Despite the twists and turns of the 2016 election, and the punishing defeat for his Democratic Party at the hands of Donald Trump, President Obama thinks […]
Blizzards and Ice Storms Wreak Havoc Across the U.S. Northern Plains
Source: Time A National Weather Service meteorologist’s advice to travelers: “Stay put” (CHICAGO) — Travel conditions remained hazardous as a winter storm swept across much of the northern Great Plains […]
Israel’s Humbled Benjamin Netanyahu Places Hopes in Donald Trump
Source: Time BY Josef Federman / AP Israel has been at odds with outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama over its settlements in occupied territory. JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government’s furious […]
ISIS issues hit list of U.S. churches for holiday attacks
Source: RNS By John Bacon (USA Today) The Islamic State is urging its followers to attack U.S. churches and has published names and addresses of thousands of prospective targets, according […]
New study shows fewer Americans are practicing originized religion
Source: Fox News Americans have less faith in organized religion than they did nearly a decade ago, a new study shows. A staggering 21 percent of those surveyed said they don’t practice a “formal religion”— up from the 15 percent who said that in 2008, according to Gallup. “Religion is […]
Israeli settlements: UN Security Council calls for an end
Source: BBC The UN Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US refused to veto it, instead abstaining. The motion was passed […]
Why U.S. Babies Are More Social Than Other Kids
Source: Time By Belinda Luscombe@luscombeland Babies born in the United States are more social and impulsive than those from some other countries, a new study has found. They’re also, according to […]
Woman Targeted In Islamophobic Attack Delivers Powerful Message To Her Assailant
Source: Huffington Post By Hayley Miller Reporter, The Huffington Post A Minnesota woman attacked at an Applebee’s for speaking a foreign language delivered a powerful message to her assailant in court […]
Registry used to track Arabs and Muslims dismantled by Obama administration
Source: The Guardian The Obama administration is dismantling a discriminatory surveillance system that was used after 9/11 to keep tabs on Arabs and Muslims across the US, in a move […]
Obama bans oil drilling ‘permanently’ in millions of acres of ocean
Source: BBC Image copyrightAPImage captionArctic rigs like the “polar pioneer” were never actually deployed Outgoing US President Barack Obama has permanently banned offshore oil and gas drilling in the “vast […]
Donald Trump: US must greatly expand nuclear weapons
Source: BBC Donald Trump has called for the US to “greatly strengthen and expand” its nuclear arsenal. The president-elect, who takes office next month, said the US must take such […]
Trump’s inaugural to include interfaith prayer service
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL Donald Trump’s Inaugural weekend will include an interfaith prayer service at Washington’s National Cathedral, a customary event but complicated this year by anger over […]
Trump Suggests Berlin Attack Affirms His Plan to Bar Muslims
Source: The New York Times By MARK LANDLER WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump seemed to suggest on Wednesday that the deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin […]
‘I will always put my faith first’: Catholic health educator fired for refusing to teach birth control
Source :The Washington Post By Kristine Guerra December 21 at 1:51 PM Karen Alexia Palma said she was fired from her job as a health educator in Texas after she […]
Man grabbed hijab from woman’s head in ‘hate crime,’ Newark mayor says
Source: NJ.com By Marisa Iati | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter Mayor Ras Baraka welcomes residents to the 31st annual christmas tree lighting […]
‘No ill feelings,’ Muslim woman assaulted in Applebee’s tells her attacker in court
Source: Star Tribune By Paul Walsh Star Tribune A Muslim woman who was assaulted with a beer mug by a woman in a Coon Rapids restaurant told the defendant during […]
Why Muslim-Jewish cooperation matters for America
Source: Religion News Service By Eboo Patel (RNS) Imagine receiving this message on your voicemail: “Dear Mr. Gonzalez, we regret to inform you that your heart surgery has been canceled. […]
Donald Trump Will Have to Pay His Trump University Settlement Just 2 Days Before He’s Sworn In
Source: Time by Katie Reilly deadline for Donald Trump to pay a $25 million settlement in the Trump University lawsuit is Jan. 18—two days before he will be sworn in as […]
Vlogger Adam Saleh ‘kicked off’ Delta Airlines flight
Source: BBC A well-known vlogger’s post of his removal from a Delta Airlines flight has gone viral on social media. Adam Saleh told the BBC he was speaking to his […]