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(Pew Research Center) The American dream of homeownership has not been dampened by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic downturn it has caused. In the fourth quarter of 2020 there were an estimated 82.8 million owner-occupied households in the United States, according to recently released Census Bureau data. The number of homeowners increased by an estimated 2.1 million … [Read more...] about Amid a Pandemic and a Recession, Americans Go on a Near-Record Homebuying Spree

(Christian Headlines) An attorney within the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who had gained a reputation for defending religious liberty was fired by President Biden Friday, the same day she sent the White House a letter stating she would not resign.  Sharon Fast Gustafson was nominated by President Trump as EEOC general counsel in March 2018 and confirmed by the … [Read more...] about ‘Deeply Troubling’: Biden Fires Attorney Who Defended Religious Liberty of Employees

by Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) Pastors, bishops and the head of the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States are calling on Congress to support the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, which President Joe Biden proposed on the first day of his administration. In a letter published Thursday (March 4), leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America threw their … [Read more...] about ELCA Leaders Call on Congress To Pass Us Citizenship Act of 2021 in New Letter

(CBN News) Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) received stark criticism following Thursday's meeting over the Equality Act where Nadler proceeded to tell another congressman that "God's will is no concern of this Congress." An intense debate unfolded on the House floor while Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) tried to explain the real concerns over the bill. He referenced a verse in the … [Read more...] about ‘God’s Will Is No Concern of This Congress’: NY Dem Jerry Nadler Rejects God During Debate Over Equality Act

(NPR) House lawmakers on Wednesday passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a reform bill that would ban chokeholds and alter so-called qualified immunity for law enforcement, which would make it easier to pursue claims of police misconduct. The 220-212 vote, mostly along party lines, came nine months after Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed by Minneapolis … [Read more...] about House Approves Police Reform Bill Named After George Floyd