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Keating Hall, Rose Hill Campus, Fordham University, The Bronx, New York, USA. A private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the Jesuit tradition. Gothic-style stone architecture. | Getty Images A pro-life group has released its first list of Christian colleges and universities in the United States that have ties to Planned Parenthood.  On Wednesday, Students for Life of America announced in a press release the preliminary findings of its ongoing investigation into more than 700 C...

Georgia Republicans want to get rid of Sunday voting These potential new restrictions could greatly impact the Black churchs vital role of facilitating voting initiatives after church services Loading the player... The New York Times reported that Georgia Republicans are now proposing new restrictions on weekend voting which could greatly impact the Black church’s vital role of prompting Black voters to head to the polls after church services. “Souls to the Polls” is a tradition amongst ...

Students for Life of America has released its first list of Christian colleges and universities in the United States that have ties to Planned Parenthood. The preliminary findings of its ongoing investigation into more than 700 Christian colleges and universities found that as many as 100 have "quiet relationships" with Planned Parenthood that "fly under the radar.”

Keating Hall, Rose Hill Campus, Fordham University, The Bronx, New York, USA. A private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the Jesuit tradition. Gothic-style stone architecture. | Getty Images A pro-life group has released its first list of Christian colleges and universities in the United States that have ties to Planned Parenthood.  On Wednesday, Students for Life of America announced in a press release the preliminary findings of its ongoing investigation into more than 700 C...

Angered by a blitz of Republican-backed legislation that would roll back voting access, Georgia Democrats are taking hostages — withholding their support on pieces of legislation that need bipartisan backing to pass.

comments "The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song" opens with a gospel hymn sung by a familiar voice. . .  that of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., its creator, host and narrator. Gates has fine pitch, and I dont believe wouldnt be insulted by the observation that his stylings pale next to that of Jennifer Hudson, one of Gates interviewees, or executive producer John Legend, who closes the first night with a tender melody. But Gates isnt singing to showcase some hidden talent. Hes dem...

Historic churches of the Lewes United Methodist Charge remembered Faith United Methodist Church member Hurley Waples of Rehoboth Beach designed and built this 3-D representation of the four African American churches that historically made up the Lewes United Methodist Charge. Shown are Israel United Methodist Church, still in existence at 20230 Plantation Road, Lewes; the former Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, now called Faith United Methodist Church, still in existence at 19940 Church...

Jacksonville officials will open a COVID-19 vaccination site in the city’s Northside for just two days — Friday and Saturday — to administer shots to 975 people, Mayor Lenny Curry said Thursday. The pop-up vaccination site at the Clanzel Brown Senior Center, 4575 Moncrief Road, will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day for people 65 or older, frontline medical personnel and first responders. “If and when more vaccines become available, we will be ready to open additional sites in ...

Nashville Tennessean Two historic buildings are what remain of the more than 50 homes and other structures that compromised the Promise Land community of former slaves.  The descendants of those families are among the members of the Promise Land Heritage Association, which is currently focused on saving the nearly 90-year-old St. John Methodist Church at Promise Land.  “We want to offer the public new exciting, informative, and attractive programs, events and exhibits at the site,” said S...

Police arrested a suspected burglar Friday after following his shoeprints in the snow. Guy William Stephens, 31, was arrested after he led police on an early morning foot chase through a northeast Hermiston neighborhood. Officers responded to a report of stolen items at about 6:20 a.m. Friday. They discovered someone had stolen a driver’s license and baseball cap from a parked vehicle, then noticed snowy footprints leading from the scene. They followed the prints to a storage shed at anoth...