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Dear Anonymous Dad

Family | Tens of thousands of children conceived by donors are grown up now and wondering who their fathers are. Advances in DNA testing are helping them find out

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Socialist seeds

Politics | A socialist revolution may not be imminent in the United States, but the ideology is getting a surprising boost ahead of midterm elections

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Hard tests for China’s Christian schools

Education | The emerging Christian school movement in China is battling for its future amid government opposition and administrative troubles

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A seat at the circus

Politics | Senators, paid protesters play clowns at Kavanaugh hearing

Love life, outsourced

Relationships | As modern dating fails them, some singles are turning to professional matchmakers

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Washington Wednesday, and horse therapy

Nick Eicher and Jamie Dean discuss the rise of democratic socialism, and Sarah Schweinsberg reports on the use of horses as therapy for people with disabilities. Plus: commentary from Joel Belz.

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

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A conversation with Ligon Duncan

This week, Warren Smith talks with Ligon Duncan, the president of Reformed Theological Seminary.

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Picking up the for-profit-college tab

Education | Fight over college regulations has big—and expensive—implications for taxpayers

School safety becomes school choice rallying cry

Education | Renewed attention to violence in public schools could boost efforts to give parents more say over their students’ education

Doctors in demand

Education | Medical schools are graduating more new physicians than ever, but America still faces a growing physician shortage

DOJ supports Asian-American students suing Harvard

The Trump administration has taken sides in a federal lawsuit against Harvard University, saying the elite school discriminated against Asian-Ameri

As Maine goes, so goes the nation?

Education | Suit challenging religious bias in state school choice program could clear legal hurdles across the country

Not so crazy anymore

Education | New survey shows growing support for school choice initiatives

Responding to ‘the unimaginable’

Sexual Abuse | When a trusted individual sins in a way that can ruin dozens of young lives, Christian groups and communities need to respond quickly. Here’s one case study of ongoing recovery

Papered over

Higher Education | Biblical truth-telling at college newspapers can sometimes conflict with the way administrators want to portray the school. Here’s a case study of how Liberty University handled the tension last spring

Equal opportunity players

Homeschooling | Many U.S. homeschoolers want to participate in public school sports, but some states have resisted them

Independent group to investigate Hybels, Willow Creek

The Willow Creek Association announced Tuesday the formation of an independent committee to investigate accusations of sexual misconduct against Wi

Brooklyn Diocese to pay record abuse settlement

As fallout continues to spread from the sex abuse scandal within the Roman Catholic Church, the diocese in Brooklyn, N.Y., has agreed to one of the

Against their better judgment

Religious Liberty | U.S. Circuit judges call for a full court reversal of their own decision

Taiwan’s ‘black-bearded barbarian’

Missions | The enduring legacy of missionary George Leslie Mackay

Echo churches

Religion | Many evangelicals want to worship with partisan comrades

Pope accepts bishop’s resignation, meets with U.S. delegation

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of West Virginia Bishop Michael Bransfield amid accusations the bishop sexually harassed adults, Vatican offi

‘Gay, but celibate’

Sexuality | But time to be very wary …

Pope summons senior bishops over clergy abuse

Pope Francis has called on the presidents of every global bishops conference to attend a February summit to deliberate on how to prevent clergy sex

Liberty behind bars

Religious Liberty | Officials and the courts are grappling with how to maintain security and protect religious liberties in prisons

Russia, Syria team up against Israel

Russia said it is sending advanced missile defense systems to the Syrian government, a move the United States warns would be a “major mistake.” The

Upset in Maldives election

Maldives opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih unexpectedly won Sunday’s presidential election in the small nation made up of a chain of islands

Hong Kong bans group that wants independence from China

Hong Kong banned a pro-independence party in an unprecedented move on Monday, raising more concerns over China’s grip on the semiautonomous territo

Arab separatist group claims responsibility for attack in Iran

UPDATE: A spokesman for an Arab separatist group in Iran said his organization carried out Saturday’s attack on a military parade

Humanitarian deal for Syrians breaks down

International | Idlib residents demand protection and the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad

U.K., EU at a stalemate on Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday said Brexit negotiations remain “at an impasse” because the European Union rejected her proposals with

Ferry accident kills more than 100 in Africa’s Lake Victoria

More than 100 people died when a passenger ferry capsized on Thursday afternoon in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria.

Short stories of communism

Persecution | Two collections of short fiction depict communist absurdities in China and North Korea

Another deadly landslide follows typhoon in the Philippines

A landslide killed at least 21 people and left dozens of others trapped beneath the rubble Thursday morning in the central Philippines.

Kavanaugh denies growing claims of bad behavior

WASHINGTON—Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

White House says Rosenstein not fired yet

WASHINGTON—Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein remains on payroll at the Justice Department despite a firestorm of media reports speculating Mon

Kavanaugh faces new accusation, as hearing set for Thursday

WASHINGTON—A second woman has come forward to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.

Kavanaugh accuser agrees to testify

UPDATE: Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers sent a letter Saturday afternoon to the Senate Judiciary Committee, accepting the pan

Trump warns Justice Department, FBI of more firings

At a political rally in Missouri Friday night, President Donald Trump issued warnings to the Department of Justice and the FBI, promising more firi

Judiciary Committee still negotiating Ford’s testimony

Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were both teenagers, won’t testify Monday a

Accuser wants FBI to recheck Kavanaugh

A California college professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were both teenagers has asked f

Trump on Sessions: ‘I don’t have an attorney general’

President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on U.S.

Senate advances spending bill

The U.S. Senate took another step Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Rivers filled by Florence continue to threaten the Carolinas

Remnants of Hurricane Florence left the Carolinas one week ago as a tropical depression, but the storm’s lingering effects continue to plague the r

Carolinas remain on alert for flooding from Florence

North Carolina’s governor continued to warn Saturday of “treacherous” floodwaters from Hurricane Florence, urging residents in the eastern part of

Flood risk remains in the Carolinas

Residents in eastern North and South Carolina still have not escaped the wrath of Hurricane Florence one full week after the storm first made landf

Trump visits storm-ravaged North Carolina

President Donald Trump arrived in North Carolina Wednesday to survey damage left by Hurricane Florence.

Supplies delivered to those stranded by Florence flooding

Hundreds of Wilmington, N.C., residents stranded by floodwaters left by Hurricane Florence lined up Wednesday for free food, water, and tarps.

Flood threat from Florence continues, as tornadoes touch down in Virginia

UPDATE: Authorities reopened a single unidentified road leading into Wilmington, N.C., Monday, as the possibility of additional fl

Rescuers dig for typhoon survivors in the Philippines

Rescue workers in the Philippines searched for survivors Monday after powerful Typhoon Mangkhut battered the northern Philippines and China over th

Death toll rises as heavy rain from Florence continues to fall

UPDATE: Authorities in North and South Carolina said Saturday that the death toll related to Florence had climbed to 11, as c

Storm troopers

Disaster | Churches across the Carolinas respond to Hurricane Florence, as the megastorm threatens to cause catastrophic flooding