Despite the incessant tracking of evangelical Christian, Latino Catholic, Muslim and other religious groups through the recently ended election season, a study released on Election Day by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research showed that most congregations are politically inactive, with nearly half actively avoiding discussing politics at their gatherings. (André, Religion News Service)
Read MoreIn August, Zoë Kravitz released her directorial debut, a vivid, trippy, darkly funny horror film set on a private island owned by a tech billionaire, Slater King (played by Channing Tatum). … Blink Twice is a story about what men are capable of when no rules apply to them and their actions have no consequences. (Gilbert, The Atlantic)
Read More“Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s announcement. “Polarization means that we are tending toward the extremes rather than toward the center.” (Furman, AP News)
Read MoreFive years after a fire that devoured its roof and nearly collapsed its walls, a renovated Notre-Dame Cathedral reopened its doors on Saturday, its centuries-old bell clanging, its 8,000-pipe organ first groaning — and then roaring back to life. (Fausset, Porter & Fuller, The New York Times)
Read MoreMajor broadcasting networks and mainstream media, and in more recent years streaming companies, have had near-total control over entertainment habits. But now it's the fans who are making an outsize impact on what Americans listen to, play, read and watch — through social media. (Veltman, NPR)
Read MoreWhile it's not celebrated nationwide, St. Nicholas Day holds a special place for German and Dutch communities across the U.S. Festivities and traditions are held in various cities, including in Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Milwaukee. (Ogwude & Robledo, USA Today)
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