Trump’s ‘eulogy’ for Rob Reiner and the question of decency
(RNS) — When Donald Trump was first running for president in 2016, I appeared on CNN to discuss the possibility of his...
Australian state plans tougher laws against displaying extremist flags after...
SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing to ban public displays of Islamic State group flags or...
Santa Claus or the ‘red rabbi’? How Christmas lost its...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Decades ago, the notion that a store in predominately Jewish West Jerusalem would conspicuously sell Christmas-themed merchandise would have...
Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit...
(RNS) — Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, an Eritrean imam from Ohio and a 46-year-old green card holder, died while in immigration custody on...
At AmFest, Turning Point USA leaders leverage Kirk’s ‘martyrdom’ to...
PHOENIX (RNS) — On a stage framed by glinting red-white-and-blue lights, Michael Knowles, a podcaster for the political outlet The Daily Wire,...
Interfaith Responses to ICE with Najeeba Syeed
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David Henrie, of ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ on how...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Growing up on television sound stages, David Henrie fell into what he calls the “bubblegum theory of pleasure.”...
New Jersey religious activists call for investigation after ICE detainee’s...
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — Faith leaders and religious advocates in New Jersey are calling for accountability and compassion following the death of...
At Bay Area’s Secular Solstice, Rationalists grapple with AI doomsday
BERKELEY (RNS) — Raymond Arnold sat in the dark on the edge of a Berkeley stage in early December, his voice breaking...
Efforts to reconnect Americans face challenges in a lonely time
It’s been called an “epidemic” of loneliness and isolation. The “bowling alone” phenomenon. By any name, it refers to Americans’ growing social...