News & Ideas - 7/1/2025
- Religious attacks surge
- Officials address religious conference
- SCOTUS decision hurts pluralism
- Dalai Lama turns 90
- Church roof tells story
- Woman frees mom from prison
Attacks against religious institutions have surged in the US, FBI reports show
CBS News: Attacks against religious institutions in the U.S. have surged recently, FBI crime reports reviewed by CBS News show. From 2021 to 2023, the number of assaults in houses of worship have doubled.
Several Cabinet secretaries sermonize at right-wing religious conference
MSNBC: Top officials and allies of Donald Trump downplayed the separation between church and state at a Faith and Freedom Coalition event.
How religious pluralism lost at the Supreme Court
TNR: The conservative justices’ ruling in a case involving LGBTQ-themed books in public schools is likely to benefit larger religious groups and ostracize smaller ones.
Succession planning as the Dalai Lama turns 90
The Week: The Dalai Lama will mark his 90th birthday this week by revealing the long-awaited plans for his succession.
What’s that building? New Inspirational Baptist Church
WBEZ: The story of how a neighborhood theater became a church struggling to install a new roof says a lot about how buildings evolve over time.
The Spark
Miquelle West grew up with a mother in prison. Then she helped set her free.
The 19th: Decades of advocacy paid off when her mother, Michelle West, walked out after nearly 32 years behind bars.
