Monday's News & Ideas - 7/11/2022

The women left behind by the pro-life movement
Religion & Politics: The reality is that 67 percent of women in the U.S. support legal abortion in most or all cases. Instead of seeing this majority of women as the liberal enemy, shouldn’t the pro-life movement be asking what they have done to alienate them?

Unification Church confirms mother of Abe suspect is member
Reuters: A police investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe prompted the head of the country’s branch the Unification Church to confirm on Monday that the mother of the suspect in the killing is a member.

This couldn’t happen anywhere: How coverage of the shooting failed Highland Park*
Forward: Mass shootings are seemingly disparate, but almost all mass shooters are motivated by bigoted extremism that festers online.

I don’t want to see a high school football coach praying at the 50-yard line*
The New York Times: A coach holding his players hostage while an audience watches his piety makes my skin crawl, Anne Lamott says.

Presbyterians to divest from 5 oil companies, including Exxon Mobil, after years of debate
Religion News Service: Presbyterians have long had ties to the oil industry, as have many other faith groups in the United States. Leaders see this year’s vote as a sign that addressing climate change is gaining momentum.

The Spark

Street vendors in Spain face racist harassment. So they came together to open a store
The store, called Pantera, is different because of who runs it: a collective of street vendors who came together to create safer working conditions for themselves, NPR says.

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