Monday's News & Ideas - 2/19/2024
- AME leaders want halt of US funding Israel
- ‘God & Country’ documentary
- Marilynne Robinson’s new book
- Westminster agrees to send sacred tablet back
- The FAFSA mess
- Plastic recycling was a lie
African Methodist Episcopal Church leaders call for halt to all US funding of Israel
Religion News Service: The statement comes in a week of continuing calls for cease-fire and humanitarian aid for the victims of the war that began on Oct. 7.
‘God & Country’ documents the Christian Nationalist takeover of evangelicalism
Sojourners: Director Dan Partland and producer Rob Reiner understand that both progressives and conservatives are concerned about the attitudes that led people to elect Donald Trump as president and storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Marilynne Robinson considers Biden a gift of God*
The New York Times: Marilynne Robinson speaks with The New York Times about her upcoming book. “Reading Genesis” is, as the title suggests, Robinson’s literary analysis of the first book of the Old Testament — one writer’s appreciation of the enduring work of others.
Westminster Abbey agrees ‘in principle’ to return sacred tablet to Ethiopia
The Guardian: The carved wooden tabot has been at the Abbey since British forces looted it at Battle of Maqdala in 1868.
A FAFSA of their own*
Inside Higher Ed: After months of FAFSA delays and missteps, some colleges are sending students homemade aid forms and early offer estimates. That could be a risky gambit.
The Spark
‘They lied’: Plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals
Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, The Guardian says.
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