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Country Music star Charlie Daniels dies

Vol. 35, No. 13
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Listening to the unheard

News | The news cycle is loud, but we need to hear those who can’t shout

Lucas Boland
A cultural genocide before our eyes

China | The Uighur diaspora is speaking out as family members disappear into reeducation camps in Xinjiang, but will the world listen?

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Reasonable accommodation

Policy | The Americans With Disabilities Act, which turns 30 this month, steered Jim Terry toward a more accessible career

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Houses of death

Coronavirus | Small Belgium has the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in the world, raising questions about restrictive protocols surrounding nursing homes

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Summer sequels

News analysis | The coronavirus spiked the movie blockbuster season, but drama is playing out in real life

NPR from a Christian Worldview: Each weekday morning, enjoy daily radio news, interviews, commentary, and original features reported from the field.

Jul
7
7.7.20 Social media, summer camps, and Classic Book of the Month

Myrna Brown talks to Jason Thacker about new social media platforms hoping to dethrone Twitter and Facebook; Sarah Schweinsberg reports on how Christian camps are adjusting to the summer of COVID-19; and Emily Whitten recommends The Hiding Place for her Classic Book of the Month. Plus: commentary from Marvin Olasky, a Fourth of July hero, and the Tuesday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from Bible Translation Fellowship. Building a network of churches that integrate Bible translation into the mission of the church. More at bibletranslationfellowship.org And from the new book from Focus on the Family, 9 Lies that Will Destroy Your Marriage. Core truths to strengthen and protect it. In bookstores and online at the Focus on the Family Store.

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Insightful interviews with popular musicians, Christian thought leaders, makers of movies and television, respected authors, and key political leaders.

Jun
26
A conversation with Michael Matheson Miller

This week, hear an encore presentation of Warren Smith's 2016 conversation with scholar and filmmaker Michael Matheson Miller.  

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African nations slowly resume air travel

ABUJA, Nigeria—The African Union said the continent has lost nearly $55 billion in travel and tourism in the last few months after countries shut d

A cultural genocide before our eyes

China | The Uighur diaspora is speaking out as family members disappear into reeducation camps in Xinjiang, but will the world listen?

Constitutional amendment hands Putin two more terms

After a week of voting, Russians on Wednesday approved a slate of more than 200 amendments that included maintaining the definition of marriage as

Hong Kong braces for new reality under Beijing’s tighter control

Hong Kong | Protests fill the streets a day after China enacts a sweeping security law

Hong Kong protesters decry new security law

Thousands of demonstrators defied a police ban and gathered in the streets on Wednesday for an annual protest marking the 23rd anniversary of the f

EU reopens borders to some nations

U.S. citizens cannot travel to the European Union for at least another two weeks.

Beijing approves Hong Kong national security law

Twenty-three years after the Chinese government pledged to give Hong Kong 50 years of autonomy, the mainland has stripped the former British colony

Bad neighbors on the Korean Peninsula

International | North Korea reneges on several peace resolutions

Attack in Glasgow likely not terrorism

Police shot and killed the suspect in a stabbing in Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday that left six people wounded, including a police officer.

More than a pharmacy

Business | Looters and arson in the Twin Cities destroyed a beloved neighborhood drugstore, but owner Jim Stage is confident God works in the restoration business

Jobs slowly return in the U.S.

The unemployment rate in the United States dropped from 13.3 percent in May to 11.1 percent in June, according to a

Markets rally on good news

Stocks on Wall Street climbed on Tuesday despite concerns about a possible resurgence of COVID-19 in the United States.

Zoom suspends Chinese human rights activist’s account

China | U.S. lawmakers question the company’s ties to the Chinese government

The road to reopening

Coronavirus | Businesses around the U.S. are reopening after the coronavirus pandemic, but different places face different challenges

Stocks dip after surprising rally

The S&P 500 reached an overall positive gain for the year on Monday despite a confirmed recession due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Unemployment unexpectedly dips

A new report on joblessness offered hope the United States has seen the worst of the economic blows from the coronavirus shutdowns.

Inside the outbreak: Creative coronavirus help

Business | Innovative ways to be good neighbors in a crisis

Unemployment spike slows

Boeing will cut 12,000 U.S. jobs in the coming weeks, executives announced on Wednesday.