Source: NPR In Pennsylvania, Shadow Of Secrecy Lifting From Decades Of Abuse By Priests BY CAMILA DOMONOSKE For decades, the Catholic Church has grappled with sexual abuse of children by priests— through […]
Source: BBC News By Jessica Brown Meditation has long shed its Buddhist roots to become a secular answer to all of our ills in the West, with numerous studies finding […]
Source: USA Today BY Tom Heneghan (Photo: Filippo Monteforte, AFP/Getty Images) PARIS – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013, is being accused of fostering […]
American Islamophobia’s Fake Facts Source :Huffington Post This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. By Arnold R. Isaacs […]
HuffPost’s Islamophobia Reporting Adapted Into Play In Kansas City Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz and Christopher Mathias KANSAS CITY, Mo. ― It was just after 8 p.m. last Friday […]
Science may one day guarantee smarter kids. Here’s why many Americans think that’s a problem Source: Deseret News By Kelsey Dallas SALT LAKE CITY — Strong religious commitments lead to less […]
What makes a great leader, explained in eight counterintuitive charts Source: Quartz By Shane Snow A couple of years after starting my most recent company, I had a scary realization. I […]
Source: BBC News By Sue Mitchell A mother from Yorkshire has spent 18 months fighting for access to her daughter, who was taken abroad by her ex. Custody battles are […]
Source: Time By JULIA GLUM For the past two decades, Ed Hennessey has spent his days teaching high school and his nights picking up shifts at Blockbuster, Steak ‘n Shake and Target — […]
Denmark veil ban: First woman charged for wearing niqab BBC.COM Image copyrightAFPImage captionHundreds of people protested against the ban on Wednesday A woman has become the first person in Denmark to be charged with wearing a full-face veil in public, after a ban came into effect on Wednesday. The 28-year-old […]
Zimbabwe should make us question whether the form of democracy the West extols is such a good idea How quickly the mood, and the forecasts, can change. Last weekend, Zimbabwe […]
By AFP – Aug 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian child plays in an impoverished area of the Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel […]
Southeast Asian fall? Aug 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer A quarter-century before the Arab Spring of 2011, there was a democratic spring in South-East Asia: The Philippines in […]
Source: Guardian I will root antisemites out of Labour – they do not speak for me Jeremy Corbyn, the MP for Islington North, the leader of the Labour party Yes, there […]
Windrush is a chance to end British intolerance dating from slavery Guy Hewitt On the anniversary of abolition, we must end the discrimination that is the legacy of that horrific […]
Egypt Coptic Church stops accepting monks after bishop death By MENNA ZAKI Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church said Thursday it will not be taking in […]
Source: The New York Times By Palko Karasz LONDON — Tommy Robinson, the jailed British far-right activist backed by the former Trump aide Stephen K. Bannon but reviled by others […]
China investigates high-ranking Buddhist monk accused of coercing nuns into sex Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s religious affairs administration said on Thursday it would investigate claims a high-ranking Buddhist […]
Taliban Surge Routs ISIS in Northern Afghanistan Source: The New York Times By Najim Rahim and Rod Nordland MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — More than 200 Islamic State fighters and their two top […]
Source: Reuters BY Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s national prosecuting authority said on Wednesday that it had asked the government to submit a formal request to the Vatican for […]