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News
In a White House interview for “Straight Shooter,” Stephen A. Smith challenged President Trump’s account of his record with Black Americans, from HBCU funding to the women who lost federal jobs.
Relatives of the Emanuel Nine offered forgiveness two days after the 2015 attack. As a memorial opens in Charleston, South Carolina remains one of two states with no hate crimes law.
The unemployment rate for Black women fell to 6.5% in October while 72,000 fewer held jobs. Federal data show how both can happen in the same month.
Men held the microphone. Baptist conventions, Montgomery kitchens and Sea Island classrooms supplied the organizers, money and voters who gave the pulpit its reach.
In Western New York, where food pantries are already seeing more visitors, a new USDA proposal could cut off working families and older adults with modest savings.
Gospel
You work, save and plan to provide for the people you love. In Matthew 6, Jesus shows how to keep wealth from claiming the trust that belongs to God, and points you to the Father who already knows what you need.
Some denominational lines were drawn over doctrine and others by pride or racism. Scripture calls believers to keep the Gospel at the center and recognize one another as one body.
“God won't put more on you than you can bear.” “Everything happens for a reason.” “God helps those who help themselves.” Christians have repeated these familiar expressions for generations. But are they actually in the Bible?
Nearly two-thirds of churchgoers scored below 60% on a Bible literacy assessment. A closer look at 2 Timothy 2:15 reveals what it means to study Scripture diligently and grow in understanding of God's Word.
Inspiration
On the first anniversary of her brother's passing, Dianna Hobbs shares a deeply personal encounter with grief and the comfort she found in Revelation 21:4. Discover the hope believers have in God's promise to make all things new.
For more than four decades, Miss Dottie has fed the hungry and warmed the homeless. Her granddaughter shares how that steady faithfulness reflects the words of Jesus in Matthew 25.
You’ve turned the same worries over and over, wondering how everything will work out. Jesus points to the birds His Father feeds and asks if you are not much better than they.
You read a verse at dawn and it steadies you. By midmorning it is gone. Selah, a small word in the Psalms, shows how to stay with what God has said.
When loss, letdowns or hard times weigh on your heart, joy is still within reach. Seek God’s face, and draw on the strength and joy found in His presence.
Wellness
Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell nearly died after childbirth. A new study finds complications like hers rose 40%, with Black mothers facing higher rates.
An NIH study tied two forever chemicals to higher rates of ER-negative breast cancer, a type more common in Black women. What to know and do.
Two new studies ease long-held fears that menopause hormone therapy harms the heart. The stakes are highest for Black women, who report more hot flashes and are prescribed treatment less often.
The FDA is requiring Ozempic, Wegovy and every other GLP-1 drug to warn of NAION, a rare eye condition that can cause sudden, permanent vision loss in one eye.
Entertainment
The 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade brings Queen Latifah, the Divine Nine and Felix the Cat, plus research on why family traditions draw us close.
Her novel put Black girls at the center of a fantasy epic. Now Tomi Adeyemi is distancing herself from the film adaptation, which opens Jan. 15 with Viola Davis, Regina King and Thuso Mbedu.
BeBe and CeCe Winans are headed back on the road together. The Encore Tour runs April 7 through April 30, 2027, with a homecoming night at Detroit's Fox Theatre.
Two days after its release, Tyler Perry’s The Gospel of Christmas reached No. 1 on Netflix’s U.S. movie chart, bringing gospel greats like Shirley Caesar and the Clark Sisters to a global streaming audience.
Nine months after losing her father on Christmas Day, Lauren Speed-Hamilton welcomed a son named for him. The Love Is Blind star’s new YouTube series, Pull Up, builds on the legacy Bill Speed spoke about the night before he died.
Ministry
Pantry shelves ran nearly bare in Dunkirk this fall. A federal proposal could now end SNAP benefits for millions, and Western New York hunger relief groups say they are already stretched.
A farmer in eastern Congo has fled her home more than once and says her family sometimes goes to bed hungry. Four U.N. agencies warn that a record 30.3 million people could face severe hunger in early 2027 as aid falls behind.
Empowering Everyday Women Ministries is asking supporters to fight hunger in Western New York, Haiti and Sudan through Hungry for Change, its GivingTuesday campaign on Dec. 1.
A mother and three children were killed when a sand embankment collapsed onto their tent in Gaza. Israel says 91,000 tents have entered. UN agencies say more than 150,000 are still waiting outside.
After drought wiped out her farm and livestock, a Somali mother walked three days to get care for her severely malnourished daughter. Nearly 2 million children across Somalia are expected to face acute malnutrition.
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You've heard that forgiveness is for you and that holding a grudge is like drinking poison. Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant gives the reason He commands forgiveness: the mercy God has already shown you.