1. The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville’
Tenants in more than a dozen Baltimore-area rental complexes complain about a property owner who they say leaves their homes in disrepair, humiliates late-paying renters and often sues them when they try to move out. Few of them know that their landlord is the president’s son-in-law.
2. When Your Child Is a Psychopath
The condition has long been considered untreatable. Experts can spot it in a child as young as 3 or 4. But a new clinical approach offers hope.
3. Flint Isn’t Ready To Trust Anyone Yet
“In the 1,000-plus days since Flint, Michigan, had federally acceptable potable water, a lot more than the pipes has eroded.”
“Her cause is compelling to pro-life groups because of one obvious fact: If she had quietly procured an abortion, she would be walking at graduation next month with the rest of her class.”
5. ‘Does the Incarceration of This 14-Year-Old Girl Make Us Safer?’
When 14-year-old Bresha Meadows shot her father after allegedly enduring a lifetime of his abuse, she could have just been one more girl processed through what’s become known as the abuse-to-prison pipeline. But instead, the #FreeBresha movement arrived to question the harsh, punitive nature of our juvenile justice system. Our most recent #Godbeat story, from Women and Girls Associate Jenna Barnett and Multimedia Editor JP Keenan.
6. Franklin Graham Is the Evangelical Id
How the famous preacher’s son embodies all the contradictions of evangelical Christianity in a time of Trump.
7. This Country's Greatest Natural Disaster Is Manmade
Fiction writer Karen Russell’s heartbreaking essay on the ripple effects of America’s housing catastrophe
8. LGBTQ People Nearly Invisible in Major Hollywood Films
“In the same year that Moonlight...made history as the first film led by an LGBTQ character to win the Oscar for Best Picture, nearly half of the LGBTQ-inclusive films released by the seven major studios included less than one minute of screen time for their LGBTQ characters.”
9. An Arkansas Judge Participated in a Good Friday Vigil. It May Cost Him His Seat.
“Judge Griffen ruled in favor of McKesson’s property claim and issued a temporary restraining order...Then Griffen, who also presides as pastor of the New Millennium Church, changed out of his black judge’s robe, donned a beige outfit, and headed to church.”
A gorgeous photo essay and data interactive showing Syria before the war, from UNCHR and Google.
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