Scientists explore tree talk, bird songs, scam artists and dying in the animal world
About six years ago, a female orca carried her dead baby for 17 days across thousands of miles of the Salish Sea. Last month, the …
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From race to women’s rights, Carter redefined ‘evangelical
Plains, Ga. (AP) — Before reaching the 1978 peace deal between Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter managed months of intense preparation, …
What it was like in the Sunday school class with Jimmy Carter
Plains, Ga. (AP) — It never got old. No matter how many times one crammed into the modest sanctuary at Maranatha Baptist Church, there was …
South Florida security officers: On the front lines, left behind
By Rev. Dr. Joaquin Willis During the holiday season, while many of us gather with family to celebrate, we must not forget the sacrifices of …
The butcher’s knife, the lamb’s cry – and ascent of the billionaires
Forty-three of the 400 richest Americans listed by Forbes in 2018 were born in 20 countries on six continents: eight from Israel, including Micky Arison, …
A betrayal of the right to vote!
Never have the words of the beloved Congressman John R. Lewis been so truly disrespected and so quickly forgotten – “The vote is precious. It …
Oligarchs will sit at the table in Trump 2.0; average Americans likely to be on the menu
Thirty-two years ago, Bill Clinton’s strategist James Carville declared, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Carville was, of course, merely stating a truism about American elections: concern …
In Bethlehem, another somber Christmas under war shadow
ISRAEL VS. HAMAS MEANS … There will be no giant tree in Manger Square, no raucous scout marching bands, no public lights twinkling, very few …
Congress has a rare chance to lower prescription drug prices
STOCK PHOTO Concerns about high drug prices can take a significant toll on Americans every day. A new West HealthGallup study recently found that a …
Proposed ‘ghoulish’ Jonestown tourist attraction will dishonor memory of those who died
On Nov. 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote …