Being Muslim and American in the heartland of the nation
MOTHER MOSQUE OF AMERICA: Hundreds of fifth-generation Muslim Iowans, recent refugees and migrants pray on industrial carpets rolled onto the gym’s basketball court — the …
MOTHER MOSQUE OF AMERICA: Hundreds of fifth-generation Muslim Iowans, recent refugees and migrants pray on industrial carpets rolled onto the gym’s basketball court — the …
BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH: Antionette Nelson, 69, a second-generation Berean member, deacon, stalwart of the history committee and co-founder of the independent music label 1990 Records, …
TRADITIONAL MEETS CONTEMPORARY: According to a Pew study, 60% of U.S. Muslim adults said religion was "very important" in their lives, close to the 55% …
FREE BLACK COMMUNITY: A nearby neighborhood known as Weeksville, now considered part of central Brooklyn, was the second-largest in the United States before the Civil …
St. Helena Island, S.C. (AP) — Minnie "Gracie" Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song …
SOMETIMES LENTILS. SOMETIMES NOTHING: "If the war goes on, I am thinking of taking my life. I no longer have any strength or power." PHOTO …
REBUILDING TRUST: In Texas, a gathering at Nueces brought together neighbors and others, including Christians and Jews, to paint over the vandalism, clean up the …
GROUP ACTIVITY: FYILS participants engaging in mediated team building. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Orlando – The Florida Federation of Alpha Chapters, …
PRAISES TO THE IRS? White evangelicals and Black Protestants were a little more divided on the matter, with about one-third in each group favoring political …
"A RESOLUTION AND PROTEST AGAINST SLAVERY": The Rev. Kenneth Young – whose predominantly Black Calvary Baptist Church in Haverhill, Mass., was created by freed Blacks …