Epigraph: Almost a million people commit suicide every year in the world. Source: Breitbart By ALI WAKED JAFFA, Israel – The reason suicides in the United States reached a nearly three […]
Source: BBC President Barack Obama has ruled out deploying US ground troops in Syria and says military efforts alone cannot solve the country’s problems. “It would be a mistake for the United States, or Great Britain… to send in ground troops and overthrow the [Bashar al-] Assad regime,” he told […]
Source: Time By Maya Rhodan President Obama has weighed in on the debate over “Brexit,” shorthand for an upcoming referendum on whether or not the United Kingdom should stay in the European Union. During a press conference on his trip to London on Friday, President Obama said the U.S. and the […]
Source: CNN By Carina Storrs, Special to CNN (CNN)The number of suicides in the United States has been on the rise since 1999 in everyone between the ages of 10 and 74, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers at the CDC’s National […]
Source: PRI By Kristian Foden-Vencil Rabbi Michael Cahana tells him to dip the baby completely underwater for her mikveh — that is, her conversion to Judaism. Amir and his husband, Ilan, […]
theguardian: by Daniel Hernandez — Students protest over case of sophomore Madi Barney, who publicly revealed she was raped and then punished for violating the mormon school’s bylaws Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP Students rallied outside Brigham Young University on Wednesday to protest the school’s treatment […]
Source: Huffington Post By Hawa Fuseini Writer, spoken word artist, and poet I am a Muslim woman and an American citizen. I wear the hijab as an expression of my free […]
Source: Pew Research Center Highly religious Americans are happier and more involved with family but are no more likely to exercise, recycle or make socially conscious consumer choices A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences the daily lives of Americans finds that people who are highly […]
Source: The Tennessean Tennessee will not become the first state in the nation to make the Holy Bible its official book after an effort to override Gov. Bill Haslam’s veto failed […]
Source: RNS (RNS) Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, the Treasury Department has announced. The move will make Tubman the first African-American, the first woman in […]
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN)A day after his longer-than-planned talks with Saudi King Salman partially eased some long-simmering tensions, President Barack Obama was working Thursday to persuade other Gulf leaders to take a more muscular role in stabilizing their region. During a […]
Source: Catholic Herald One of the curious trends of recent years has been the rise of “the radical Rich” – billionaires devoted to progressive social movements, whether it’s same-sex marriage […]
Source: ABC News By LARRY NEUMEISTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS Members of the Muslim community asked Tuesday for more time to digest an agreement aimed at preventing illegal surveillance by the New York Police Department, saying they want to use the Ramadan season starting in early June to spread word among people […]
Hamilton to stay on $10, Jackson getting replaced by Tubman Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday will announce plans to both keep Alexander Hamilton on the front of the $10 […]
Source: CNN By Nicole Gaouette, CNN (CNN)President Barack Obama lands in Saudi Arabiaon Wednesday as the U.S. alliance with the Mideast powerhouse, long lubricated by barrels of oil, is being […]
Source: BBC Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, frontrunners in the race to be the US presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic parties, have secured comfortable victories in the crucial New York primary election. Mrs Clinton, after beating Bernie Sanders, said her victory for the Democratic nomination was in […]
Source: The Guardian By Zach Stafford in Chicago and Spencer Ackerman in New York The Rev Jesse Jackson has called for Chicago police to close the warehouse it uses for thousands […]
Washington (CNN) Vice President Joe Biden criticized Israel’s government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, warning that the current direction Israel is headed in leaves little room for Middle East […]
Source: Time By Melissa Chan Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Sunday signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana, making the state the 24th in the country to authorize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. The “truly historic legislation,” the governor said, gives patients with serious medical conditions access to medical marijuana with a […]
Source: CNN By Jeanne Sahadi So, you’ve probably just finished settling up your 2015 income tax bill with the IRS. (Or at least you should have, what with the due […]