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Kristin Turner, the communications director for Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, in San Francisco, June 2, 2022. DALLAS — The rollback of abortion rights has been received by many American women with a sense of shock and fear, and warnings about an ominous decline in women’s status as full citizens. But for some women, the decision meant something different: a triumph of human rights, not an impediment to women’s rights. “I just reject the idea that as a woman I need abortion to be successful or to be as thriving as a man in my career,” said Phoebe Purvey, a 26-year-old Texan....

Nancy Pelosi addressed a gathering of presidents of Christian colleges this week in Washington, where she thanked the evangelical community for its leadership on immigration and refugee policy reform. To this end, the speaker of the House quoted a favorite bit of biblical wisdom in her opening statement: “To minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.”

American men entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers as they returned from World War II, and employers welcomed these men as a matter of patriotic duty. Many men proved to be diligent, competent professionals over the ensuing decades. Sadly, however, many did not. The cascade of recent revelations of male workers abusing co-workers, threatening subordinates, and masturbating into potted plants leaves only one conclusion: The long experiment of having men in the workplace has failed.

I don't want you to think it was part of a typical morning at work to get a personal phone call from Mrs. Billy Graham. True, she lived just a few minutes down the road and had literally hundreds of friends in our community. But if we had bumped into each other at the grocery store—as had actually happened several years earlier—she wouldn't have known me from Adam. Now, it turned out, she had read a news feature in WORLD that she didn't think we had gotten quite right. Could I drive out, stop by to see her, and let...

MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - Ruth Graham retained her beauty even in death and surely "had a great reception in heaven," an ailing Billy Graham told mourners who gathered Saturday to remember his beloved wife. "I wish you could look in that casket because she's so beautiful," said Graham, clinging to his walker. "She was a wonderful woman." Ruth Graham died Thursday at age 87 following a lengthy illness. Her husband's closest confidant, she was remembered as a spiritual stalwart and modest mentor who provided a solid foundation—both biblically and geographically—for her globe-trotting husband. "The mama that we saw at home...

BILLY GRAHAM'S WIFE RUTH IN COMA, NEAR DEATH RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) A family spokesman says Ruth Graham, the ailing wife of evangelist Billy Graham, has fallen into a coma and appears to be close to death. The news came the same day that Billy Graham said he and Ruth will be buried at the recently dedicated Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. In a statement, Graham said his 87-year-old wife "is close to going home to heaven." Ruth Graham has degenerative osteoarthritis of the back and neck and has been bedridden at their home in the mountains of western...

MONTREAT, N.C. — Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. The wife of Billy Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at Little Piney Cove, surrounded by her husband and all five of their children, said a statement released by family spokesman Larry Ross. "Ruth was my life partner, and we were called by God as a team," Billy Graham said in a statement. "No one else could have borne the load that she carried. She was a vital and...

MONTREAT, NORTH CAROLINA — Mrs. Ruth Bell Graham, beloved wife of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, was surrounded by her husband and all five of her children when she passed away yesterday aged 87. “Ruth was my life partner, and we were called by God as a team,” Mr. Graham said of his life-long marriage and ministry partner. “No one else could have borne the load that she carried. She was a vital and integral part of our ministry, and my work through the years would have been impossible without her encouragement and support. “I am so grateful to the Lord that...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Shortly before he died, convicted murderer Richard Liggett was asked to make two of the simple plywood coffins he meticulously crafted for fellow prisoners. Except the caskets would be for Billy and Ruth Graham. "Humbled? He was honored, he was honored," said Burl Cain, warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. "He told me, of everything that ever happened in his life, the most profound thing was to build this coffin for Billy Graham and his family." Graham's son Franklin made the request after seeing the coffins on a visit to the Angola prison and being struck...

MONTREAT, N.C. - Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at Little Piney Cove, surrounded by her husband and all five of their children, said a statement released by Larry Ross, Billy Graham's spokesman. "Ruth was my life partner, and we were called by God as a team," Billy Graham said in a statement. "No one else could have borne the load that she carried. She was a vital and integral part of...

With his wife Ruth near death, Charlotte-born evangelist Billy Graham announced today that the couple have decided to be buried on the grounds of the recently dedicated Billy Graham Library in Charlotte. Bedridden for the last six months, Ruth Graham contracted pneumonia two weeks ago and slipped into a coma this morning. Four of her five children were at her bedside today, and Ned, the youngest, was traveling to the family's Montreat home. She turned 87 Sunday... ...Graham spokesman Larry Ross told the Observer that Ruth Graham was being treated at her Montreat home, "in line with her wishes." But...

The wife of the Reverend Billy Graham has slipped into a coma. According to published reports, Ruth Graham's illness took a turn for the worse this morning. Mrs. Graham has been suffering from pneumonia. The Graham family says she is being treated at home and will not be taken to a hospital. Earlier today, Billy Graham said that the two of them would be buried side-by-side at the library that was dedicated to him earlier this month. "Ruth is my soul mate and best friend, and I cannot imagine living a single day without her by my side. I am...