1. Science Is Giving the Pro-Life Movement a Boost
As hundreds of thousands are set to March for Life today, The Atlantic’s Emma Green looks at how pro-life advocates are tracking new developments in neonatal research and technology — and transforming one of America's most contentious debates.
2. DACA Protests, Vigils as Government Shutdown Looms
According to a recent report from the Center for American Progress, more than 16,000 DACA recipients have lost their status since the administration announced the termination of the program on Sept. 5.
3. Pope Francis Marries Couple in Impromptu Ceremony Aboard Papal Plane
The pontiff offered the couple a hand-written wedding certificate.
4. The U.N.’s Terrible Dilemma: Who Gets to Eat?
While the World Food Programme’s budget is at an all-time high, it’s still not enough to keep up with all those needing emergency food aid.
5. Is ICE Targeting Immigrant Rights Activists?
Immigration activists are organizing massive protests and vigils as Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained or otherwise targeted at least four undocumented immigrant rights leaders in the past month.
6. Accusations About a Former Youth Pastor Reveal the Difficulties of #MeToo in the Church
“To be obedient and to be submissive, especially to male authority figures, is — in most evangelical communities — a de facto virtue. While this does not automatically strip any woman in that community of her agency, of course, the culture does create a toxic environment in which young women and men alike aren’t given the tools necessary to conceptualize, let alone practice, consent-driven sexual behavior.”
7. No One Wants Your Used Clothes Anymore
And it’s an environmental disaster in the making.
8. When Deportation Is a Death Sentence
How minor missteps — a traffic violation or a workplace dispute — can turn lethal for unauthorized immigrants.
9. Maybe Men Will Be Scared for Awhile
“Fear, though, is a crude instrument. Probably we would all prefer not to live in a world governed by mutually assured destruction at the interpersonal level, with an implied standing threat to cause pain. But we have been running headlong into the unfinished work of the sexual revolution, and in the absence of the old rules, it seems implausible to imagine new ones wouldn’t evolve.”
“From rural, residential life to news cameras to FBI investigations, I, Tonya is a sweeping view of an America that has barely changed since 1994, and certainly hasn’t improved much.”
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