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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Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination underscores the battles to come over Roe v. Wade and religious liberty
Aiming to halt Chinese threats, the U.S. government sometimes labels innocent researchers as spies
Shootings are up across the United States, while some communities try to rebuild trust with police
A rancorous debate, a presidential COVID-19 diagnosis, and a high-stakes Supreme Court nomination set an unpredictable stage for the 2020 election
Few can boast of opening a new business during a pandemic, but Mohamad Hafez did just that. This summer he launched Pistachio, a French baroque, salon-styled coffee shop in West Haven, Conn., serving...
Question about QAnon ...
In ¡Three Amigos!, a funny 1986 movie, one particular word puzzles Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase): “What does that mean? Infamous?” Ned Nederlander (Martin Short) responds, “Infamous is when you’re more...
Whenever I’m driving through unfamiliar urban terrain, the same line from the Bible comes to mind. I don’t have to conjure it; it just comes “as the sparks fly upward,” to quote Job. Here it is: “In...
We timed it just right last year, when my sister and I fulfilled a long-standing ambition to visit Yosemite National Park for our annual fall camping excursion. “Camping” has become more of a spectrum...
By my latest calculation, the roughly half-million people who make up WORLD’s readers and listeners each week are likely to divide their votes next month among three different groupings: ...
Religion
They will know we are Christians by our love,” sang 40 gray-haired members of Blue Ridge Community Church in Happy Jack on a brisk Sunday morning. The refrain could be the motto of the church, but it...
History
Third in a series on war veterans ...
Health
Portia Makamba-Otto, a South African mother of four, first found out she had contracted COVID-19 in June when her flulike symptoms intensified after a week. Her husband took her to a hospital in the...
Music
Wrong Way Up by Eno/Cale: So long were the avant-garde/underground shadows that Brian Eno and John Cale cast at the time of this electro-pop hookfest’s first appearance that not even the version of ...
Music
“I felt a need to revisit a classical work in my own manner,” says the composer Pierre Henry in the 2007 documentary Pierre Henry: The Art of Sounds. “It was at that time that I chose to write a 10th...
Q&A
After a month of skirmishes over their disputed border, Indian and Chinese soldiers fought hand-to-hand and with rudimentary weapons on June 15 high in the Himalayan Mountains at Galwan Valley in...
Children's Books
Whoo-ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story by Maria Gianferrari: In this nonfiction book about great horned owls, Gianferrari limits herself to the haiku form. She covers a season in the owl life cycle:...
Books
Becoming a King by Morgan Snyder: When Snyder experienced a season of pain and questioning in his life, he sought counsel from older, wiser Christian men. Consistent themes emerged from men who had...
Books
Everyday Apologetics: Answering Common Objections to the Christian Faith, edited by Paul Chamberlain and Chris Price (Lexham, 2020), suggests many good rejoinders. For example, if critics complain...
Movies & TV
What sounds depressing—a teen’s diagnosis with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer—became the impetus for an inspiring new PG-13 movie from Disney+. ...
Movies & TV
The Keeper is a new film inspired by the life of Bert Trautmann, a German soldier who became a star goalkeeper for the Manchester City football (soccer) team. Trautmann (David Kross) stays in England...
Movies & TV
Minari is a beautifully told family drama loosely based on the childhood experiences of writer and director Lee Isaac Chung. ...
Movies & TV
The new film Heaven offers a positive message of hope for people broken by sin and sorrow. But artistic and theological quirks detract from the film starring, written, and directed by Angus Benfield....
Movies & TV
We’ve seen plenty of Sherlock Holmes variations in recent years, but with the possible exception of Hugh Laurie’s doctor on House, I don’t know that we’ve seen one as creative as Sherlock interpreted...