Jill Nelson | Why Africa is the new prize in the struggle for global power
Kim Henderson | One murder in rural Mississippi underscores the nation’s struggle to contain violent crime
Grace Snell | New battlefield weapons challenge traditional wartime ethics
TRENDING | Some college athletes are using their “NIL” deals to benefit others
BOOKS | Tom Lake explores the virtue of contentment
BOOKS | Author exposes sexual lies within the Church
BOOKS | Novels delve into idolatry and aging with grace
Science and history discoveries
CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Reviewing four new stories for youth
MOVIE | Memoir-based film shows God’s grace at the crossroads of faith and romance
MOVIE | A poignant and beautifully shot film plumbs the depths of complex human relationships
MOVIES | Top films for the weekend of Sept. 15-17
MOVIE | Wildfire disaster movie is too intense for younger viewers and too predictable for older ones
MOVIE | Vulgar chronicle of the GameStop stock phenomenon offers an unsatisfying class-warfare narrative
MOVIE | Kenneth Branagh’s new film is better than the Agatha Christie novel it’s based on
MUSIC | Rock guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson was comfortable in the background
MUSIC | Four new albums reviewed
SCIENCE | Do “forever chemicals” in drinking water pose a perpetual threat?
POLITICS | New Mexico governor targets open carry and gets caught in the crossfire
TECHNOLOGY | Automakers fail consumer privacy test
RELIGION | Upcoming synod focuses on hot-button morality issues
BACKSTORY | How one murder revealed the troubled heart of a nation
