kjwinston11
Freelancing stories for national news outlets about religion and #atheism where they intersect public life. I do not truck in anonymous accounts.
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Is Belief in God Necessary for Good Values? Global Survey on Religion and Morality
A median of 45% across 34 surveyed countries say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values. However, public opinion on this question, as well as the role of God, prayer and religion varies by country, region and economic...
Trump Administration Rejects California’s Request for Wildfire Relief
The state had asked last month for federal aid to help recover from six of this year’s fires, including the Creek Fire, which is among the most destructive in state history.
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Adding “whiplash” to our statewide afflictions - via @NYTimes
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California Republican Party Admits It Placed Misleading Ballot Boxes Around State
Government officials say the receptacles are illegal and could lead to voter fraud, but the party says it will continue the practice.
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Because those Democrats are all about #voterfraud - California Republican Party Admits It Placed Misleading Ballot Boxes Around State
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The Swamp That Trump Built
A businessman-president transplanted favor-seeking in Washington to his family’s hotels and resorts — and earned millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration.
Cuomo’s Restrictions on Synagogues in Virus Hot Spots Can Go Forward
A federal judge in Brooklyn declined a request to block the governor’s order, which strictly limits attendance at houses of worship in areas with rising coronavirus cases.
Inside the People of Praise, the Tight-Knit Faith Community of Amy Coney Barrett
Even for a conservative religious community, the People of Praise is notable in how deeply embedded members are in one another’s lives.
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Just superb reporting by @publicroad and Sharon LaFraniere! Inside the People of Praise, the Tight-Knit Faith Community of Amy Coney Barrett
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Trickle-down Zen: meet the Belgian Buddhist training entrepreneurs
Bart Weetjens believes training CEOs and entrepreneurs to connect with something in the universe bigger than the bottom line will make them better and happier human beings who will then create happier, more compassionate employees, too. His own...
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How did one man go from LSD to training rats to sniff out landmines to bringing Zen to NGOs? My story for @ReligionMag that is part of @USCDornsife 's project on "spiritual exemplars" -- Trickle-down Zen: meet the Belgian Buddhist training entrepreneurs
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Is it really this simple?: "Don't do bad. Do good. Do good every day." According to this Zen Buddhist social entrepreneur, it certainly is. My story for @religionmag and @USCDornsife
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Wanna feel better about the world? Here is your weekend read -- Trickle-down Zen: meet the Belgian Buddhist training entrepreneurs religionunplugged.com/news/2020/10/8… #Buddhism #Buddhist #meditation #NGOs #RATS @HeroRATs @Ashoka
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Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Dies at 63
Working for New York Newsday, The Daily News and The Times, he covered the human stories of New York in dramatic prose and crusaded against injustice.
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Oh what a loss. So very sad - Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Dies at 63
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Backlash Grows in Orthodox Jewish Areas Over Virus Crackdown by Cuomo
Rules that would have a pronounced impact on synagogues were met with protests and fires in a part of Brooklyn seeing an uptick in cases.
How South Dakota Got Its First Rabbi In Nearly 30 Years
South Dakota used to be the only state in the U.S. without a Chabad center, despite its history of Jews in the region since the 1800s when German and Russian Jews settled in the Black Hills following a gold rush. Then a visiting rabbi from Brooklyn...
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The picture alone is worth the click -- How South Dakota Got Its First Rabbi In Nearly 30 Years
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On the Media: God Bless on Apple Podcasts
Show On the Media, Ep God Bless - Oct 2, 2020
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Big @jackmjenkins interviewed by THE Brooke Gladstone on this week’s @onthemedia !!!
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Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
The president’s result came after he spent months playing down the severity of the outbreak that has killed more than 207,000 in the United States and hours after insisting that “the end of the pandemic is in sight.”
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But, but it’s a hoax, it’s fake news, a mask is stupid. I know! Maybe swallow some bleach! I hear it’s cure! via @NYTimes
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Americans who identify as 'spiritual' more likely to engage in politics, new study finds
The Fetzer Institute study finds that more than 80% of Americans say they are spiritual in some way, and that the more spiritual a person says they are, the more likely they are to engage in politics.
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Almost 90% of us say we engage in some form of spiritual practice weekly — but what practices! Everything from prayer to “talking to the ancestors” and protesting. New study from @FetzerInstitute
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Americans who identify as 'spiritual' more likely to engage in politics religionunplugged.com/news/2020/9/21… @FetzerInstitute #2020Election #spirituality #religions #Politics #nones
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died from complications from cancer. Her death will set in motion what promises to be a tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her.
QAnon Didn't Just Spring Forth From the Void — It's the Latest From a Familiar Movement
If you’ve been online at any point in the past year—if not, welcome!—your aimless clicks and doomscrolling may have brought you glimpses of the “world” of QAnon: the conspiracy theory that argues that US President Donald Trump is in the midst of a...
AP Exclusive: Pence to attend event hosted by QAnon backers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and top officials from President Donald Trump’s campaign are slated to attend a Montana fundraiser next week hosted by a couple who have expressed...
Wildfires Live Updates: Smoke Blocks Out the Sun in Northern California
Strong winds were likely to continue to fuel the extraordinary number of fires burning in California, Oregon and Washington State.
Angels on Death Row: Damien Echols and Practical Magick
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.@DamienEchols on how #magick invoking #angels saved him on death row. My interview for this week’s @ListenInspired - interfaithradio.org/Archive/2020-S… @soundstrue
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Sent to death row for three murders he did not commit, @DamienEchols began to practice “magick” and invoke guardian angels. This week on @ListenInspired he tells me how that saved his life.
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Body cam video released in 2017 police killing of Muhammad Muhaymin Jr: ‘Allah? He's not going to help you’
(RNS) — Advocates are intensifying demands that Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the killing.