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Earlier today, president Barack Obama issued 78 pardons and 153 commutations of sentence. That, according to The Daily Beast, makes the POTUS’s total 148 pardons and 1,176 commutations. This means…

The Freedom From Religion Foundation—an “umbrella” for those “who are free from religion and are committed to the cherished principle of separation of state and church”—has officially received authorization to…

You can’t have missed that today is the 75th anniversary of Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor—the event that propelled the United States to get involved in World War 2. Back…

Injury Prevention published findings yesterday that found that mandatory background checks to purchase guns led a state to be half as likely to have a school shooting compared to states…

Yesterday was a huge victory for protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The US Army Corps of Engineers announced that they will not grant Energy Transfer Partners permission to extend…

The vast majority of evangelical pastors think persecution is coming their way. Last month, the National Association of Evangelicals conducted a survey of Church leaders “about their experience with persecution…

The police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile in Minnesota earlier this year was charged with second-degree manslaughter today, according to CNN. Other charges include two felony counts of…

Next week is Thanksgiving, and it’s coming at the end of one of the most contentious, exhausting years in memory. In that sense, it might seem difficult for people to…

When many Americans think of sex slavery, they imagine countries on others sides of the world— not their own neighborhoods. Earlier this week, federal agents and local Washington State police…

Chicago police announced today that they would add 900 new positions to the police force over the next two years. Chicago has seen a large increase in shootings and murders…

The Tulsa, Oklahoma police department has released disturbing new video of officers shooting and killing an unarmed black man. Again. This time, even police officials seem at a loss as…

Yesterday, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the state’s policy for imposing the death penalty is unconstitutional. Not only could this mean the end of capital punishment in Delaware—which almost…