Jamie Dean | Venezuela’s ongoing political crisis fuels a humanitarian disaster, leaving citizens looking for hope
Jenny Rough | COVID-19 vaccine mandates are increasing, and the legal issues surrounding religious exemptions are complicated
Mindy Belz | A virtual underground railroad working to free at-risk Afghans struggles to succeed against U.S. roadblocks
A novel and three nonfiction books about India
Religious and political journeys
New documentary The Jesus Music traces Christian music’s journey from hippie music to guitar-strumming worship songs
LuLaRich reveals how a multilevel marketing company for stay-at-home moms ended in bankruptcies and lawsuits
Top films for the weekend of Oct. 1-3
Imaginative drama Ordinary Joe devotes special attention to family matters
Tom Hardy shines in the sequel to Marvel’s Venom, but the film leans on cliches and messy CGI-filled battle sequences
Noteworthy new or recent releases
A new Bob Dylan compilation unearths an erratic mix
Storm after storm has battered Louisiana, but many residents are intent on staying and rebuilding
At his family farm in New Jersey, Zack Vander Groef sees his job as a way to steward the land
Some call for the removal of Arizona State’s mascot, Sparky the Sun Devil