Protesters and social media in Hong Kong

August 14, 2019

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A crowd of demonstrators are shown with their hand in the air and hiding their face in Hong Kong Airport.

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Megachurches, home churches, podcasts: American evangelicals are ‘not a monolith’

The World

August 14, 2019

As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, evangelical Christians will be getting more and more attention in the news media. They always do during election season. But people who identify as evangelical or born-again Christians are more than just a voting bloc. Evangelicals make up a huge swath of the US population.

Social media

Hong Kong protesters challenge surveillance with apps and umbrellas

The World

August 14, 2019

Protesters organize via forums and apps while demanding something that many 19th-century era demonstrators wanted: universal suffrage.

Immigration

Public charge rule has history of ‘racial exclusion,’ says immigration historian

The World

August 14, 2019

Two California counties are suing the Trump Administration to block a new rule that would make it harder for immigrants to gain permanent residency in the US. But the "public charge" rule isn't anything new.