Thursday's News & Ideas - 8/15/2024

Columbia’s president resigns after months of turmoil punctuated by clashes over Israel-Hamas war
Associated Press: Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university face heavy scrutiny for her handling of protests and campus divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. 
NBC News: Judge rules for Jewish students, says UCLA can't allow them to be barred from accessing campus after protests

A pro-Kamala group shows not all Christian voters are conservative white evangelicals
NPR: A group of supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris hopes to rally Christian voters around her campaign and bring together moderate and progressive Christians.

My son was struggling — then he fell for Trump’s toxic brand of ‘masculinity.’ I’m heartbroken
The Guardian: A progressive father on how MAGA drove a wedge between him and his son — and how he’s trying to salvage their relationship.

Two assassination attempts 50 years apart and miles apart in responses
Baptist News Global: Witnesses at the campaign rally said they thought they heard firecrackers. Then the screaming started, and they realized the truth: a young man in his early twenties, a troubled loner, had out maneuvered security and was attempting to assassinate a leading presidential candidate. But his target wasn’t Donald Trump; it was George Wallace, the same man Martin Luther King Jr. once called “the most dangerous racist in America.”

The surprising truth about loneliness in America
Vox: No one is immune to loneliness. But some are more at risk.

The Spark

A literary road trip across America 
From Lit Hub: where to go and what to read there.

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