Last week, Mississippi lawmakers voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag more than a century after the South lost the Civil War. Mississippi is the last state flag to have made changes due to harmful, racist symbols. Mississippi, with a population that is 38 percent Black, felt mounting pressure to change…

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Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, has been arguing for the release of federal prisoners due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pelosi used a famous Bible parable to justify her position, but many think she twisted the scripture to fit her political stance. The pandemic has had both sides of the aisle calling for change. Many…

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg believes the Bible’s teachings don’t line up with supporting President Trump. CNN Town Hall moderator Erin Burnett asked Buttigieg if he thinks it’s possible for a true Christian to support the president. Prior to quoting his previous remarks on the president’s evangelical support, she prefaced her question, “To the point…

Are America’s top values shifting? Well a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News Survey finds that this may be the case. According to the WSJ, the values that Americans say definite the national character are changing, as younger generations rate patriotism, religion and having children as less important to them than did young people two decades…

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