Jamie Dean | Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is part of a rare buttress against his own party’s efforts to pass radical legislation, but his own voting history makes it hard to predict where he’ll land
Emily Belz | Democrats’ court-packing proposal appears dead in the water. But is it influencing the conservative justices now?
Marvin Olasky | How readily can a blue-collar Texas job seeker find work in a post-pandemic world?
Onize Oduah | Young, skilled workers are leaving Nigeria as the country battles violence, mass abductions, and economic instability
Daniel James Devine, Liz Lykins | When sex offenders and other ex-felons meet Christ and repent, they pose a dilemma for churches that want to accept them but also protect their congregation. A few churches are rising to the challenge
Four nonfiction books
Despair over U.S. party politics and national disunity go all the way back to the Founders
Documentary Paint the Wall Black shows the high cost of resistance to a social justice movement
Nate Bargatze offers cathartic comedy for the pandemic-weary in his new show, The Greatest Average American
America, the (not always) beautiful
Nomadland reminds viewers that the freedom to choose the paths we walk may be more beautiful than the paths themselves
Box office smash Godzilla vs. Kong is one of the more entertaining films in the series
A new series starring comedy giants disappoints
Noteworthy new or recent releases
Children of the Day helped launch a Christian music genre
Preventing abuse in the church starts with understanding the roles of power and deception
COVID-19 has been a nightmare, but the pandemic has also resulted in a reduced flu season, expanded telemedicine, and the growth of RNA-based vaccines
The past three decades have seen a shift in the reasons women seek abortions, but pro-life workers still help many choose life
For schools participating in interscholastic sports, holding Biblical views of sexuality increasingly draws LGBT ire
