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“The Family” premiered on Aug. 9, 2019, on Netflix. Image courtesy of Netflix

Need to know: Thursday, August 15, 2019

God, Netflix and the Family: A conversation with Jeff Sharlet and Jesse Moss

Religion News Service interviews two men behind the new Netflix documentary series about a secretive Christian group whose members have shaped U.S. politics for more than 50 years.

Wyoming police recommend sex abuse charges for two Catholic leaders

Police in Wyoming are recommending sex abuse charges against two Catholic leaders in the state but are not yet naming names.

Former Muslim chaplain alleges workplace discrimination at New York prison

The former chaplain, who wore the hijab, said her supervisor told her, 'I find it hard to respect a woman who covers her hair.'

Some of the best food in Texas is made for the hungriest Texans

Besides its good food, what sets Taste Community apart is that it’s a nonprofit, pay-what-you-can, faith-based endeavor.

What was the legacy of Woodstock?

We thought that we had entered a new age. We were wrong -- but the music is still great, writes Jeffrey Salkin.

New York braces for a flood of lawsuits, as one-year window opens for child sexual abuse victims to bring cases

Starting Wednesday, survivors of child sexual abuse have one year in New York state to file suit against their alleged abusers and against institutions such as churches and schools that protected those abusers.

 


 

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Plans for a meeting in the Philippines are off because space was not available for the full two weeks needed to host the gathering of United Methodists from around the world.

A rabbi pleads with AG William Barr: Don’t bring the death penalty to Pittsburgh

To Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a lengthy trial in which the prosecution would highlight Robert Bowers’ documented stream of anti-Jewish invective might be too much for his congregation to bear.

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Paid family leave is a pro-life issue that can unite Republicans and Democrats

Besides giving women hope of affording an unintended child, paid family leave is 'associated with drops in perinatal, neonatal, post-neonatal, infant, and child mortality.' Hard to get more pro-life than that, writes Charles C. Camosy.

How South Asian Americans are reckoning with Partition’s legacy 72 years later

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Gurinder Chadha: ‘I started my career as a way of combating racism’

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