Ahead of the nation’s birthday, Pew Research Center identified some prominent trends across key areas of American life: demographics, work, family and economics. Our 50-year comparisons are based on U.S. Census Bureau data collected between 1970 and 2024. (Pew Research Center)
Read MoreThe Oklahoma House of Representatives has voted unanimously to pass House Bill 4227, legislation that is being referred to as the “Cindy Clemishire Act.” The bill is aimed at restricting the use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases of child sex abuse and bolstering mandatory reporting requirements. (Chamberlain, Church Leaders)
Read MoreChristians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments across the globe. The week between Palm Sunday and Easter, known as Holy Week, is the most sacred time of the year for Christian faithful as they commemorate the passion of Jesus Christ. (AP News)
Read More“Dominican Sisters Open Mic” [is] a new podcast produced by the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, in Ann Arbor. While the topics themselves might sound weighty, the conversations are often quite wide-ranging, like a dialogue between two, well, sisters. (Kircher, The New York Times)
Read MoreJerusalem’s major holy sites are shuttered and families are dejected and exhausted ahead of Passover and Easter as the Iran war enters its fifth week. The mood stands in stark contrast to a usual spring, when longer days herald a period of family gatherings and an influx of tourists for the major Jewish and Christian holidays. (Lidman, AP News)
Read More[Scientists] have identified specific design elements that encourage compulsive use and are especially difficult for growing brains to resist. And they've pinpointed what elements companies could change to make the social media design that is safer for children. (Chatterjee & Wroth, NPR)
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