by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 8, 2021 | News
Nearly one-third (29%) of white evangelicals in the U.S. who have experienced online harassment say it is due to their religious affiliation, according to a Pew Research Center report published Feb. 1. The report is based on data analysis from the findings of a survey...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 3, 2021 | News
U.S. prisons and jails saw a significant decline in the inmate population during 2020, according to a Vera Institute of Justice report published on January 25. There were 2,115,000 incarcerated people in 2019 – 1,435,500 in U.S. prisons and 758,419 in U.S. jails....
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 2, 2021 | News
Re-entering the Paris climate agreement was among the first actions taken by President Biden following his Jan. 20 inauguration. One of several executive orders signed on his first day in office began the process for the U.S. to reenter the 2015 Paris Agreement. The...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 1, 2021 | News
Conspiracy theories are frequently shared in Protestant churches across the U.S., according to a LifeWay Research report published January 26. Nearly half (49%) of Protestant pastors agreed with the statement, “I frequently hear members of my congregation repeating...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 29, 2021 | News
U.S. adults were more likely than citizens of 13 other advanced economies to say that their religious faith, and that of the nation as a whole, has been strengthened during the global pandemic, according to a Pew Research Center report published Jan. 27. Nearly...