(RNS) — Child orator. Farmhand. Agnostic. Only one of those titles would be commonly guessed to describe the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. But a new 420-page book by scholar Lerone Martin reveals those and other little-known pieces of King’s history. In “Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.” — which will be…
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new government report accusing President Joe Biden’s administration of fomenting “anti-Christian bias” is being met with mixed reactions from Christian leaders, with some conservatives celebrating the study and others arguing it appears narrowly focused on the concerns of evangelical Christians and obscures President Donald Trump’s own conflicts with faith groups. The…
The Brains Behind the Trump Era Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Pope Leo XIV online over his criticism of the war in Iran. It was a bold move for a Catholic convert, but perhaps not surprising, given the larger ideological commitments that have shaped Vance and his milieu. In a new book, Furious Minds:…
(RNS) — Eve Rogers, a 12-year-old homeschooled girl from Enfield, Connecticut, was found dead in her bedroom last month. On April 3, her stepfather was arrested and charged with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor in connection with her death. Eve’s death comes as Connecticut lawmakers consider a homeschool bill that…
