Friday’s News & Ideas - 3/6/2026
- Americans see fellows as morally bad
- Other people’s children
- Faithful at a human scale
- Selma organizer dies
- 2026 Oscars: faith vs. religion
- Knitting helps kick harmful habits
In 25-country survey, Americans especially likely to view fellow citizens as morally bad
Pew Research Center: The United States is the only place surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad (53%) than as good (47%).
When the bombs fall on other people’s children
Religion News Service: If we cannot feel the death of an Iranian child with the same moral clarity as the death of a child in the United States, then something in us has been deformed.
Amid cruelty and oppression, can the church be faithful at human scale?*
The Christian Century: We are all being formed not only by what we profess but by what our bodies learn to tolerate.
Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
WFSA: Bernard LaFayette, who did the groundwork for voter registration in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.
How the 2026 Academy Awards was able to pit faith against religion
Religion Unplugged: The 2026 Oscar nominees’ bias toward personal faith over organized religion reflects the move our own society is making in that direction.
The Spark
How knitting can help you kick harmful habits
Cheap and easy to pick up, knitting can help to fight addictive behaviors. The only side effect? Too many scarves and hats, says the BBC.
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