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June 27, 2020 | Vol. 35, No. 12

Both sides, now

Marvin Olasky | After George Floyd’s death, we shouldn’t ignore protesters’ cries or looters’ destruction


FEATURES

Harrison Watters, Carolina Lumetta, Naomi Balk, Maria Ferraro, Addalai Nowlin, Elias Ferenczy, Mhari Reid | Businesses around the U.S. are reopening after the coronavirus pandemic, but different places face different challenges

Jamie Dean | Picking a potential vice president is a critical moment in Joe Biden’s presidential campaign—and it’s now more complex than he anticipated

Onize Oduah | A local terror group’s increasing attacks in Mozambique are raising concern of a new Islamist force in southern Africa

Emily Belz | When single moms faced a pandemic crisis that might send their children to state care, Christian families stepped up to help—but two states have blocked the nonprofits that enable such work

From classics to new releases, here are titles worth your time

Marvin Olasky | Four classics from authors who tried to find meaning in their traveling

Sophia Lee | Most demonstrators wanted to protest George Floyd’s death; others wanted to light the world on fire

Emily Belz | Camden, where police and neighborhood ministries and businesses have rebuilt trust following high crime and police corruption, shows a path forward for other police departments in need of reform


CULTURE
Books

Deception, mystery, and romance

Four novels from Christian publishers

A destructive addiction

On the pornography treadmill
Children's Books

History-makers

Four historical books for middle graders
 
FILM & TV

No safe harbor

Is that your final answer?

Quiz asks more questions than it answers while probing a caper

Superhero or super-stereotypes?

Will CW hit be a culture war salvo?

A man for our times

Ulysses S. Grant shines in a new docuseries that mostly focuses on his military career

False innocence

Film makes a wealthy family the unwitting villains

A tale of two series

Wounded lead characters and their approaches to life couldn't be more different in award-winning shows
Music

Lonely pilgrimages

Noteworthy new or recent releases

Dion and friends

With new Blues album, an aging DiMucci sounds sharp in the tooth
Q&A

Challenging assumptions

Surprising characters and problematic postures shaped the country’s Great Society

NOTEBOOK
Medicine
One Minnesota doctor’s experience volunteering at the COVID-19 front lines for a week
Science
Specially trained dogs can help seizure sufferers and perhaps identify coronavirus infections
Religion
Conservatives seeking to retain church property score a rare legal win