A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
As police turn to facial recognition technology to identify suspects and solve cases, critics worry about privacy and false accusations
In Los Angeles, “defunding the police” led to disbanding a unit specially designed to help with homelessness
Donald Trump made gains among some Hispanic voters in 2020. Will the GOP continue the trend?
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The well-entrenched food stamps program goes on and on, with no sign that a GOP Congress is serious about reform
Hurricane Harvey has proven churches and volunteers remain vital to disaster recovery efforts
It takes a lot of money to bring a case to the Supreme Court, and even with pro bono lawyers somebody has to pay
Chinese students who become Christians in America face challenges when they return to China—even within the church
‘The campaign against Kim’ ...
“The revolution devours its children” (Jacques Mallet du Pan, 1749-1800). ...
It feels like a minefield all its own to venture a single sentence in print about North Korea. In the era of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, whatever line might be true one moment may change...
Ninth in a once-a-quarter series of short short stories. (For story No. 8, please see wng.org/branching_out.) Mark Kahn and Mike Khan were twins as unlike as could be. Mark Kahn protected his dog...
Sometimes public events aren’t quite as public as they seem. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes. Such was almost certainly the case, for example, with the Aug. 29 release of a “Nashville...
On May 22, 2011, a multiple-vortex EF5 tornado ripped up Joplin, Mo., leaving 149 corpses and a city of rubble in its wake. The following July, I spent three days there as a volunteer. I wasn’t sure...
Sports
Kurt Warner was to football what King David was to royalty: David went from shepherd to king, and Warner rose from lowly grocery clerk to superstar NFL quarterback. At 46-year-old Warner’s induction...
Technology
Doctors who devise treatment plans for cancer patients face two significant obstacles: time and data. Analyzing a patient’s genome takes time—and so does reviewing medical literature, available...
Politics
President Donald Trump’s early September debt-ceiling deal with Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer shocked Washington Republicans. How, they asked, could a Republican...
Lifestyle
Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton was a surprise. His victory over the Kardashians is a shocker. ...
Documentary
In Fallen, writer-director Thomas Marchese notes that 1,832 U.S. service members died in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014. During that same period, he adds, 2,181 American police officers were killed...
Movies & TV
Netflix has added a glut of one-hour stand-up comedy specials to its streaming service, releasing one original special a week through all of 2017. Even for stand-up comedy fans, that’s a towering...
Movies & TV
Christian film producers Jon and Andy Erwin made a wise choice retitling the documentary they based on a biography written by Pastor Greg Laurie from Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon...
Movies & TV
Sit through a horror film with your eyes squeezed shut, and you’ll still see every graphic scene in your mind as you listen to the crescendoing music, the bloodcurdling screams, the tussle of limbs,...
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Books
Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie’s The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK’s Five-Year Campaign (Simon & Schuster, 2017) is a sprightly account of how John F. Kennedy became president by pioneering in...
Music
The French avant-garde composer Pierre Henry died in July at age 89, the British guitarist’s guitarist Allan Holdsworth in April at age 70. Despite the many differences separating what they set out to...
Q&A
The special section on the Protestant Reformation we’re planning for our Oct. 28 issue will include reviews of books about the world-shaking changes that began on Oct. 31, 1517. The best new book on...