Thursday's News & Ideas - 4/21/2022
- Decline in Bible reading
- Jewish Ukrainians & Passover
- Student loan complaints
- Religious tension in France
- QAnon moms
- DACA children
26 million Americans stopped reading the Bible regularly during COVID-19
Christianity Today: Sharp decline may be connected to drop in church attendance.
For Jewish Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw, Passover’s message felt all too real
The Guardian: ‘We have pharaohs in neighboring countries,’ Zelensky recently said.
Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints
NPR: The U.S. Department of Education says it will retroactively help millions of federal student loan borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, calling the plans’ longstanding flaws and mismanagement “inexcusable.”
Tensions over race, religion in France’s presidential race
Associated Press: From attacks on “wokeism” to crackdowns on mosques, France’s presidential campaign has been especially challenging for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities, as discourse painting them as “the other” has gained ground across a swath of French society.
QAnon moms*
Christian Century: The infiltration of online parenting spaces began as a slow burn. During the pandemic, it’s picked up speed.
The Spark
Growing up an American child of undocumented parents
The new documentary “Mija”* considers the burdens imposed on an increasingly politicized generation, The New Yorker says.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
