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Month: February 2025
As Black History Month ends, a reading list for the rest of the year
(RNS) — I always tell people that, as a college professor, I got to do the two things I loved best in the world — […]
For the first time, Alabama governor commutes a death sentence
In a first, Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama, an ardent supporter of capital punishment, commuted the death sentence of an intellectually disabled man convicted of […]
Documentary highlights the tensions, isolation of being ‘Black + Evangelical’
(RNS) — A new documentary is shedding light on a group of people who are part of the evangelical Christian tradition in a way, said […]
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker amplifies his fight against Trump
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker gathered most of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s hospital Friday to lay out […]
What Oscar-nominee ‘Conclave’ gets right — and wrong — about the Vatican
(RNS) — Like a dark horse candidate for the papacy, the movie “Conclave,” a sort of papal procedural drama, has become a late favorite to […]
Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
Feb 27th 2025 Work hard, children are told, and you will succeed. In recent decades this advice served the talented and the diligent well. Many […]
Show HN: Torii – a framework agnostic authentication library for Rust
Torii Warning This project is in early development and is not production-ready. The API is subject to change without notice. Overview Torii is a powerful […]
Why it’s so hard to build a jet engine
Civilization’s toughest technical challenges are those that require extraordinary (and constantly improving) performance to be delivered at a low cost. High levels of performance often […]
Trump admin cancels grants to refugee aid agencies, despite legal battles
WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Donald Trump’s administration is making moves to shutter a decades-old partnership between the government and a group of mostly religious organizations […]