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Congress takes a closer look at regulations on artificial intelligence. Report shows the importance of religion in Americans' lives is on the decline. Philadelphia holds a mayoral primary election.
Religion
Survey on religion finds major ideological differences between Republicans, Democrats
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary, about the role of religion in American politics.
Pride in the Pews encourages Black churches to welcome LGBTQ people
An African-American minister in Chicago is traveling the country holding workshops called Pride in the Pews in an effort to make Black churches more welcoming to the LGBTQ community.
He helped cancer patients find peace through psychedelics. Then came his diagnosis
Roland Griffiths is known as the scientist who helped prove that psychedelics can alleviate depression and mental anguish in cancer patients. That pursuit has since become a lot more personal.
Medicaid's pandemic-related protections are ending and that's creating problems
Pandemic-related protections are ending for people on Medicaid, and they'll need to do a lot more paperwork to stay covered. Black churches in Indianapolis are trying to protect the most vulnerable.
A gun attack on an old Tunisian synagogue has killed 5 people
The number of people killed in a gun attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage has risen to five. The motive for the attack was under investigation.
An Arizona lawmaker (who is also a minister) is under investigation for a Bible prank
An ethics inquiry is examining whether Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Presbyterian minister, broke Arizona House rules when she hid Bibles from the members' lounge in a protest.
Maternity homes provide support in a post-Roe world, but not without conditions
A crisis pregnancy center in Idaho opened a maternity home in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The residents have more complicated stories than the home's founders expected.
Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader
The mountain in Oregon and a nearby town, no longer in existence, were named Swastika more than 100 years ago after a local ranch that bore the same name.
Rainn Wilson talks about his lifelong spiritual journey
As part of the new series "Enlighten Me," NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with the actor Rainn Wilson about how his spiritual identity has evolved through his life.