Tuesday’s News & Ideas - 7/8/2025
- Amnesty: Israel is starving Gaza
- Grieving church in TX
- Christianity conquers Hot 100
- Why people think Trump is good
- Parishioners fight church closure
- Sweden’s tiny urban gardens
Amnesty International says Israel and aid system use starvation to commit Gaza genocide
The Associated Press: Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s war with Hamas.
Grieving church brings comfort in Texas floods
United Methodist News Service: Shortly after midnight July 4, leaders of First United Methodist Church in Kerrville got word that the Guadalupe River was rising rapidly and people needed shelter.
How Christianity conquered the Hot 100*
Vox: From Alex Warren to Jelly Roll, a new wave of faith-adjacent pop is finding God in laundromats and dive bars.
Why do so many people think that Trump is good?*
The Atlantic: The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
Parishioners battle diocese over closure of historic Brooklyn church
National Catholic Reporter: The ad hoc committee, made up largely of longtime Brooklyn residents within this Caribbean-American community, is determined to fight for a church many members have called home for decades.
The Spark
Sweden’s secret to well-being? Tiny urban gardens.
They provide city dwellers access to nature,* fresh produce and community, The New York Times says.
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