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James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoUCLA professor Vinay Lal recalls his friend the Rev. James Lawson, who died this week, as being...
Rev. James Lawson, civil rights leader who led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides,...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLawson was recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lawson spent decades in Los Angeles working...
Modi’s latest campaign message to supporters: ‘God has sent me’
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a new message for supporters on the campaign trail: God has chosen him. “I’m convinced that God has sent me for a purpose, and when that purpose is finished ...
He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had...
Harvard's Asia Center holds first-ever Daoist ritual
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHarvard University’s Asia Center held its first-ever Daoist ritual in the hopes of igniting interest in establishing Daoist studies centers in the...
For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Maya used mirrors as channels for supernatural communication. In this image, a supernatural...
Murphy, Cox target nation’s happiness deficit
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoStory at a glance A Senate Democrat and a Republican governor are teaming up to tackle the U.S. happiness deficit, one conversation at a time. Sen. Chris...
Maggie Rogers on Writing an Album in 5 Days, Turning 30 & Embracing Her 'Sparkly' New Single Life...
People via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter dropped her third album, 'Don't Forget Me,' on Friday, April...
Cecil 'Chip' Murray, L.A. civil rights icon and spiritual leader, dead at 94
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCecil L. Murray, a civil rights leader who made the First African Methodist Episcopal Church the...
Best Easter pageant ever? Half a century of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar' has always had ardent fans and fierce critics....