In states including North Dakota, Mississippi, Alabama and West Virginia, half or nearly half of residents support the view that Christians should dominate all areas of American society, including its laws, according to a new survey about the influence of Christian nationalism by the Public Religion Research Institute, based on interviews with more than 22,000 people. (Hagen, NPR)
Read MoreCanada’s far-right movement has long been linked to incidents of anti-Muslim hate, but in recent years, violent Islamophobia has reached a disturbing and unprecedented level. (Green, The Telegraph)
Read MoreAlabama lawmakers on Wednesday raced to protect the routine practice of in vitro fertilization, moving to assuage families and fertility clinics alarmed by a recent State Supreme Court ruling that found that frozen embryos should be considered children. (Cochrane, The New York Times)
Read MoreEvangelical Christians have long been the backbone of U.S. support for Israel and are arguably among Israel’s most ardent advocates. They travel to Israel in great numbers. They donate vast sums of money and advocate for Israel in Republican Party circles. (Smietana & Shimron, Religion News Service)
Read MoreArtificial intelligence models that spin up photorealistic images and videos that put viewers in the director’s chair, letting them create whatever porn they like. (Hunter, The Washington Post)
Read MoreA new Pew Research Center study matching the survey responses and on-site behaviors of U.S. adult TikTok users finds that a minority of avid posters create the vast majority of content on the site. And most users post seldom, if at all – instead using TikTok primarily to view and consume content made by others. (Bestvater, Pew Research Center)
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