Georgia Judge Denies Request by Group to Block Action Taken by SCLC at National Convention

A Fulton County Superior Court judge Wednesday denied a request by eight former and current Southern Christian Leadership Conference chapter leaders to block any action the organization takes at its national convention, which begins Thursday in Florida.
 

Isaac Newton Farris speaks at the The Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Jan. 18, 2010.

Kenya Supports Dlamini-Zuma

Kenya on Wednesday seemed to have done an about-turn and was now throwing its weight behind Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, as newly elected chairperson of the African Union (AU) commission.

South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (right) as newly elected and first female head of the African Union. AFP PHOTO

China’s Online Population Rises to 538 Million

China’s population of Internet users, already the world’s biggest, has risen to 538 million, driven by rapid growth in wireless Web surfing, an industry group said Thursday.

Ross Douthat Asks “Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?”

IN 1998, John Shelby Spong, then the reliably controversial Episcopal bishop of Newark, published a book entitled “Why Christianity Must Change or Die.” Spong was a uniquely radical figure — during his career, he dismissed almost every element of traditional Christian faith as so much superstition — but most recent leaders of the Episcopal Church have shared his premise. Thus their church has spent the last several decades changing and then changing some more, from a sedate pillar of the WASP establishment into one of the most self-consciously progressive Christian bodies in the United States.

Renowned Theologian J. I. Packer on How to Put Sin to Death

Renowned theologian J. I. Packer recently elaborated his views on how to put sin to death, saying that the first thing a Christian should do is ask God to “enable me to see the sin as He sees it.”  

WATCH: Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Is Encouraging House Members to Stay Away from Democratic Convention

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi says Democratic members should stay home and campaign in their districts rather than go to the party’s national convention in North Carolina.

WATCH: Michelle Obama Courts Latino Voters for the President

Michelle Obama, who has a higher approval rating than her husband, is working hard to convince Latino voters that he is the man for the job. Last week, the First Lady held a conversation with Latina mothers, and this week, she’s sat down with one of Univision’s leading ladies, Maria Elena Salinas, to talk about immigration.