5 Special Things Black People Lost When Schools Were Integrated After Brown v. Board of Education Decision
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that state laws establishing separate public schools for Black and white students were unconstitutional, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The 9-0 decision was hailed as a major victory for the civil rights of African-Americans, paving the way for the... Continue Reading
India Intervenes on Christmas Conversion of Thousands of Christians to Hinduism
Hindu nationalists refuse to back down on Christian re-conversions, dub India a "Hindu nation"
“A plan to convert 5,000 Indian Christians and Muslims to Hinduism on Christmas Day has been canceled by local officials. But organizers insist the conversions are merely postponed, and plan to protest Christmas baptisms at churches instead.” Update (Dec. 24): Members of India’s opposition party protested a Hindu nationalist leader’s remarks declaring the country... Continue Reading
ISIS Reportedly Selling Christian Artifacts, Turning Churches Into Torture Chambers
The Islamic State is turning Christian churches in Iraq and Syria into dungeons and torture chambers after stripping them of priceless artifacts to sell on the black market, according to reports.
“Experts believe Islamic State’s trafficking in religious artifacts is both to make money and to culturally cleanse the region. The Islamic militants have converted churches in Qaraqosh and other Iraqi cities into torture chambers, according to the Sunday Times. One priest from the region, who gave his name as Abu Aasi from Mosul, told the... Continue Reading
The End of Cuba’s Double Despotism
Lifting the trade embargo should break-up the Castro regime's media censorship campaign
“There has long been a great deal of cynicism surrounding the U.S. posture toward Cuba, which was dramatically altered earlier this week by President Obama. Cuba has, for the almost five and a half decades of its existence, used the U.S. policy as one of the many scapegoats for the miserable failure of their own... Continue Reading
Christmas and “The Least Common Denominator Jesus”
Many Christians find a basis for inter-faith dialogue in the Muslim prophet referred to in the Koran as Isa, the Islamic “Jesus.” But who is this "Isa"?
Bostom quotes his friend, Anglican priest, Islamic scholar and author, and human rights activist, Dr. Mark Durie, who has declared, “Christians would be appalled if they knew that Isa, the Muslim “Jesus,” is merely a Muslim prophet, whose ultimate “job description” is to destroy Christianity, and help impose Islam, and itstotalitarian Sharia, upon all of... Continue Reading
India Intervenes on Christmas Conversion of Thousands of Christians to Hinduism
Are government officials finally reining in Hindu nationalists?
The ultimate aim of the Hindu nationalist group, affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is to make sure that Christianity and Islam “cease to exist” in India, reports the Washington Post. Debates over coerced religious conversions stymied India’s parliament this month, reports World Watch Monitor (WWM). A plan to convert 5,000 Indian Christians... Continue Reading
Torture and Police Brutality in a Real Police State
What happened to nine North Korean teenagers who were forced back to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in May 2013 by the Laotian and Chinese governments
Although North Korean defectors are recognized internationally as refugees, China routinely violates its obligations to respect the principle of non-refoulement under international refugee and human rights law and sends North Koreans back to certain imprisonment and probable death. So in April of 2013, MJ, his wife, and the nine teens began a journey from China... Continue Reading
College President Sorry For Saying ‘All Lives Matter’
The president of Smith College is apologetic for telling students on the Northampton, Mass., campus that "all lives matter."
The issue is a problem at colleges around the country, Lukianoff said. He noted that Columbia Law School recently allowed students to postpone final exams if they felt they had experienced emotional trauma. The University of Hawaii, meanwhile, recently prohibited students from handing out the U.S. Constitution in most areas of campus, and only reversed... Continue Reading
The New College Counterculture
Today’s campus counterculture speaks with the voice of tradition, virtue, and religious commitment
Today’s counterculture speaks with the voice of tradition, virtue, and religious commitment. There are now more than thirty LFN student groups from colleges across the United States (and Mexico). They uphold the idea that sex comes after marriage, that marriage is between a man and a woman, and that the natural family is the irreducible... Continue Reading
Why I Think The Christian Ought To Care About Race ‘Issues’
Christians, we are brothers and sisters - let’s not forget this as we deal with these awful situations
“Jesus cared about people—to the point of death. There is a sort of dying to ourselves we must do in order to try to relate to the pain of others, even if we think that pain is ridiculous. Today, I am so thankful for Jesus. I believe wholeheartedly that all this division and tension will... Continue Reading
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