June 2021

“A Black Lives Matter chapter founder in St. Paul, Minnesota, has shared a video exposing what he calls the political organization’s ‘ugly truth,’ arguing that it shows ‘little concern for rebuilding black families’ and improving the quality of education for black students. ‘I believed the organization stood for exactly what the name implies,’ Rashad Turner, […]

“A bill that would overturn hundreds of state abortion restrictions and guarantee the right to abortion ‘without limitations’ was introduced Tuesday by a coalition of Congressional Democrats, who said it was needed with Roe v Wade under attack. The bill, known as the Women’s Health Protection Act, would codify Roe v. Wade and legal abortion in federal law–goals that

“For video-chat giant Zoom, lockdown delivered an opportunity–and, within no time, a windfall–which had a curious sort of ripple effect on another industry: plastic surgery. Fearing the risk of infection, millions of people traded IRL [in real life] interactions for screen time–navigating new platforms that forced us to face our reflections, or a slightly skewed

“A city-funded foster and adoption agency that opposes same-sex marriage on religious grounds can be exempted from serving such couples, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday (June 17). In an unanimous ruling, the justices once again showed they were receptive to claims by religious groups–in this case Catholic Social Services, which refuses to work with

“A group of pastors and protesters gathered around the Calgary Remand Centre in Alberta to support Pastor Tim Stephens, who was jailed earlier this month after a police helicopter found where his congregation was meeting outside. Heavy police presence hovered over the gathering, according to video of the event from Rebel News, but the demonstration remained

The resurrection fern is an air plant that is common in the southeastern part of the United States. Typically it attaches itself to the branches of large trees such as live oaks and draws nutrients from the air and the tree’s bark. It gets its name from the fact that God has designed it to

“A District of Columbia judge said on Tuesday he will review later in June whether U.S. Capitol attack suspect Doug Jensen can be released from jail while he awaits trial. Jensen, of Des Moines, was arrested three days after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which left five people dead. After several indictments, he now faces seven

“U.S. support for legal same-sex marriage continues to trend upward, now at 70%–a new high in Gallup’s trend since 1996. This latest figure marks an increase of 10 percentage points since 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must recognize same-sex marriages. Today’s 70% support for same-sex marriage marks a new milestone

“A teacher in Virginia has won a lawsuit in the Loudoun County Circuit Court against the Loudoun County School System through Alliance Defending Freedom after the district’s administration placed him on leave for opposing measures that would promote transgender ideology in local schools. Byron Tanner Cross, a physical education teacher at Leesburg Elementary School, sued

“Facing a full hearing of a lawsuit, the Edinburgh city council agreed to apologize and pay over $35,000 (£25,000) to the Scotland-based Destiny Church for canceling a three-day conference because its keynote speaker, U.S. Pastor Larry Stockstill, had spoken against homosexuality and abortion. Apart from offering to pay the damages, the council has acknowledged that

A commercial lobster diver was swallowed by a whale off the Massachusetts coast on June 11 and expelled with only minor injuries. Michael Packard, 56, was released hours later from a Cape Cod hospital. Packard said, “All of a sudden, I felt this huge shove and the next thing I knew it was completely black.

“Roses have fascinated people for thousands of years. While modern rose strains are the result of two centuries of breeding, the Greek naturalist Theophrastus wrote about the hundred-petaled rose 2,400 years ago. The Autumn Damask rose, which blossoms in both spring and fall, was nurtured and cultivated by the ancient Romans. The first settlers in