1. Trayvon Martin Was Killed Four Years Ago Today
And here’s what’s happened since. Watch. Share.
2. How a Christian College Turned Against Its Gay Leader
“While Dr. Hawkins and I were scrutinized for different reasons, our stories have this in common: we urged Christians to stand with and for groups that sit at the center of political debates. And we did that as women, one black and one gay. I can only speculate about why Wheaton’s administration has been inconsistent in their treatment of different employees, but one thing is clear: fear makes public perception supremely important.”
3. You’re Doing Baptism All Wrong
Does the earliest known painting of Mother Mary offer clues that would change the way we think about baptism?
4. It’s Embarrassing to Be an Evangelical This Election
So much yes.
5. What It’s Really Like to Work in Hollywood*
*If You’re Not a Straight White Man. This powerful NYTimes interactive tells the stories of 27 industry players, including Queen Latifah, Eva Longoria, Jimmy Smits, Joan Chen, and more.
6. Bearing Witness to the Rise of ISIS: The Story of Anna Therese Day
A great profile on the journalist who has been bringing the inside story on ISIS to American audiences: “No one would have known about the violent repression in Bahrain if we hadn’t been arrested … Now we’re ready to tell the story.”
7. How ‘Values Voters’ Became ‘Nostalgia Voters’
“White evangelicals are culturally and economically disaffected — anxious to protect the conservative Christian culture rapidly disappearing in America.”
8. The Real Reason Half of America Supports the FBI Over Apple
Basically: Most Americans don’t understand the technology and how this fight affects them.
9. America’s Abandoned Space History — In Photos
These beautiful photos document our not-too-distant past of idealistic space exploration and how we’ve abandoned that hope.
10. The Implications of the First Uterus Transplant Performed in the U.S.
Cleveland Clinic has performed the first of a potential 10 procedures to experiment whether uterus transplants can enable women — who were either born without a uterus or have had theirs removed — to become pregnant. An estimated 50,000 women in the U.S. could be candidates.
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