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Poll: Liberal Democrats’ sympathies lean toward Palestinians

(CNSNews.com) – Liberal Democrats in America sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel in the Mideast conflict for the first time in 15 years of Pew Research Center polling on the issue. A recently-released, wide-ranging Pewpoll on America's place in the world found that 40 percent of

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Voters warm to candidates who are not religious

On the growing list of ways the "outsiders" election of 2016 is upsetting conventional political wisdom, here's a new entry: A contender's lack of strong faith is not the deal breaker it once was for voters, according to a survey released Wednesday (Jan. 27)

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Black churches bucking trend of decline

Written by Adelle M. Banks ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) — At Alfred Street Baptist Church, the pews start to fill more than half an hour before the service begins. White-uniformed ushers guide African-Americans of all ages to their seats. Some stand and wave their hands in the air as the large, robed