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The Frances Perkins Building of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. | Wikimedia Commons / Ed Brown The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered a Texas church to pay more than $30,000 in damages for firing a whistleblower. OSHA concluded that New Mount Zion Baptist Church of Dallas wrongfully […]
iStock/Frank Brennan When it comes to Jews, mainline Protestants and Catholics, Americans tend to view those groups more favorably than atheists, Muslims and Mormons, according to a recent survey. And as for Evangelicals? Well, researchers say it’s complicated. A Pew Research Center study conducted in September 2022 found that while most Americans are neutral toward […]
Forget Mexico. That’s my advice to readers seeking advice on where to go this spring. Admittedly, it’s probably unfair to paint an entire country as unsafe for Americans to visit. After all, a visit to Cancun or Puerto Vallarta is no more dangerous than a visit to Chicago or Portland given the rise in crime […]
This four-bedroom house at 198 Mississippi Road in Montreat, North Carolina, was Billy and Ruth Graham’s first home. | Courtesy of Single Point Media A North Carolina residence once home to world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth, and their children during the most critical years of his ministry has been transformed into a […]
CompassCare, a pro-life pregnancy center in Amherst, New York, was firebombed on June 7, 2022. | CompassCare A pregnancy care center firebombed last year has been vandalized again as concerns about pro-abortion violence and the federal government’s handling of the matter persist. CompassCare, a network of pro-life pregnancy centers in upstate New York that gained […]
Getty Images Hoping to enjoy a little corned beef and cabbage this St. Patrick’s Day, even though it’s Lenten season? One Texas diocese is urging Catholics to have at it. Bishop Edward J. Burns of the Diocese of Dallas issued a dispensation from abstinence on March 17 with the purpose of “allowing the faithful to […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a mental health faith-based summit hosted by the Mayor’s Office of Faith Based and Community Partnerships at the International Interfaith Research Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University. | YouTube/Teachers College, Columbia University Boldly declaring himself an unapologetic “man of God” and lamenting that Americans have lost their […]
Josh Duggar | Washington County Sheriff’s Office Josh Duggar, a former reality TV star known for his role in the TLC series “19 Kids and Counting,” has had his 12.5-year prison sentence extended by nearly two months, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, and is now reportedly placed in solitary confinement. Duggar, who […]
Students listen to a teacher in a classroom. | Unsplash/NeONBRAND A health teacher in Oregon has been placed on leave after parents raised concerns about assignments asking students to describe their sexual fantasies and which students in the class they would like to have sexual relations with. Health teacher Kirk Miller at Churchill High School […]
In February, the U.S. Department of Education announced its intention to rescind the “Free Inquiry Rule,” established in 2020 by then Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. According to the rule, universities that receive federal funding cannot deny any right, benefit, or privilege to student organizations simply because they are religious in nature. The common-sense […]