A Loaf as Old as the Pyramids
An experimental archeologist and the creator of the Xbox are teaming up to recreate ancient Egyptian breads. Read full piece
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‘Ax Handle Saturday’: The Klan’s Vicious Attack on Black Protesters in Florida 60 Years Ago
The Florida Klansmen had armed themselves with ax handles. It was Aug. 27, 1960 — a year of lunch counter sit-ins by civil rights activists. Read full piece
Beirut Explosion Brings Sorrow & Memories for 91-Year-Old Missionary
Like people around the world, Frances Fuller was deeply grieved by the Aug. 4 explosion that killed nearly 200 people and displaced another 300,000 in Beirut, Lebanon. But for Fuller, 91, watching the indescribable carnage was personal. Read full piece
Pence Replaced with Pastor for Wisconsin Lutheran College Commencement
Vice President Mike Pence is no longer invited to deliver a commencement address to the graduates of Wisconsin Lutheran College amid ongoing unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by police. Read full piece
William & Mary Approves Design for Memorial to Those the School Enslaved
At least 180 individuals were enslaved by William & Mary from the college’s founding in 1693 until the Civil War. On Tuesday (Aug. 25), the school approved a final design for a memorial to them and announced that it had secured all of the funding
Are We Erasing History – or Cementing It?
Tony Cartledge reflects on the need to remove Confederate monuments, finding similarities in the ancient world in Egypt and Rome. Read full piece
I’m Billy Graham’s Granddaughter. Evangelical Support of Donald Trump Spits on His Legacy.
Jerushah Dufor argues that by supporting Donald Trump, evangelical leaders are failing us and failing the gospel. And she says Christian women must step up where our church leaders won't. Read full piece
The Conspiracy Theory to Rule Them All
What explains the strange, long life of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion? Read full piece
The Rabbi Who is Neighbor to Mark & Patricia McCloskey Speaks Out: ‘They are Bullies’
The St. Louis, Missouri, couple who pointed guns at Black protesters and then spoke Monday (Aug. 24) at the Republican National Convention previously destroyed bee hives set up by the synagogue next door. Read full piece
Black & White Evangelicals Once Talked About ‘Racial Reconciliation.’ Then Trump Came Along.
White evangelicals angered over the killing of George Floyd this summer have joined protests and declared that “Black lives matter,” their continued support for President Trump has disgusted Black evangelical leaders. Read full piece