Chinese authorities are widening a crackdown on Christian groups, this week detaining church leaders in southwestern China as officials across the country intensify a campaign to root out religious organizations beyond the state’s control. (Spegele, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreWyoming’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that abortion will remain legal in the state, undoing the country’s first abortion pill ban enacted following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 repeal of Roe v. Wade. (Mancini, The Hill)
Read MoreOne week from today (Jan. 6), the U.S. Supreme Court will review two cases over state laws seeking to clarify competition in sports according to biological sex. (Barkley, Baptist Press)
Read MoreThey are the fastest-growing homeless population nationwide, according to Dennis Culhane, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Not only are people who struggle with chronic homelessness aging, but many older adults are becoming homeless for the first time in their lives. (Bolton, NPR)
Read MoreCosts are a big factor, SunLife said, as is the effect of the pandemic, when social-distancing rules limited the number of people who could attend a service and made smaller events more common. (Simpson, The Times)
Read MoreA federal court ruling has affirmed the free speech and religious rights of California teachers who want to tell parents about how their child is expressing gender identity at school, a victory for conservatives and parent-rights advocates that stands to rewrite state school policies if upheld. (Blume, Los Angeles Times)
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