Americans’ views of progress on racial equality, different forms of protest and what needs to change (Horowitz, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreAn evangelical kingmaker in Iowa warned that Donald Trump's campaign is doomed and is backing Ron DeSantis in the upcoming caucuses. Still, Trump seems poised for an easy win in Iowa and beyond. (Smietana, Religion News Services)
Read MoreThe death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had been widely expected to clarify any muddiness about the hierarchy in Vatican City, leaving just one figure wearing papal white within its ancient walls. A year later, the voices questioning Francis’s basic authority have only grown louder, at the same time that bold, legacy-cementing moves by the 87-year-old pope have prompted broader backlash within the church. .(Faiola, Boorstein & Pitrelli, The Washington Post)
Read MoreHarvard University is being sued by Jewish students who have accused it of allowing its campus to become a bastion of rampant anti-Semitism. In a complaint filed on Wednesday, six students accused the US university of selectively enforcing its anti-discrimination policies to avoid protecting Jewish students from harassment, ignoring pleas for protection, and hiring professors who support anti-Jewish violence and spread anti-Semitic propaganda. (The Telegraph)
Read MoreSince mid-November, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group backed by Iran, have launched dozens of attacks on ships sailing through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, a crucial shipping route through which 12 percent of world trade passes. (Gupta, The New York Times)
Read MoreLegalization efforts have made cannabis more readily available in much of the country. More frequent use of marijuana that is many times as potent as strains common three decades ago is leading to more psychotic episodes, according to doctors and recent research. (Wernau, The Wall Street Journal)
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