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Wednesday's News & Ideas - 4/24/2024

  • Church ADA exemption and voting
  • Why did PUSH leader resign?
  • Taylor Swift's religious imagery
  • Ex-evangelicals take next step
  • Impact of impact investing
  • Food images from around the world

Churches don’t have to be accessible. That’s bad news for voters.
Mother Jones: In 2024, millions of Americans will vote at ADA-exempt religious sites. What if you’re disabled?

Why did Haynes resign as head of Rainbow PUSH? ‘He did not have the full authority to actually do the job’
Baptist News Global: Michael Eric Dyson contends this is a classic case of a founder being unwilling to give up the reins even when the organization he founded is gasping for life.

Taylor Swift’s ‘TTPD’: Religious imagery for a spiritually syncretic era
Religion News Service: Taylor Swift’s religious references are as eclectic as a Brooklyn thrift shop — well-worn Christian metaphors sit alongside a more bohemian mishmash of witchcraft, divination and paganism.

The post-evangelicals take their next step forward
Baptist News Global: History may well record that April 16-17, 2024, marked a breakthrough moment in the emergence of an organized post-evangelical Christian movement in the United States, writes David Gushee.

When does impact investing make the biggest impact?
Working Knowledge: The idea of supporting social change has propelled impact investing assets to more than $1 trillion. But what if those funds aren’t as impactful as investors expect?

The Spark

Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year shortlist 2024
A photography competition highlights images of food being harvested, prepared, sold, eaten and shared around the world.



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