Abuse

Former Harvest Bible Staffers Accuse James MacDonald of Lavish Vacations on the Church’s Dime

As the fallout from James MacDonald’s ouster from Harvest Bible Chapel–the church he founded–continues, a…

The New Report on Sexual Abuse in the Southern Baptist Church Is Proof of an Ongoing Crisis

On Sunday, the Houston Chronicle and San-Antonio Express News released the first of a three-part…

The Real Abuse at the Heart of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

By this point, all of us have heard of E.L. James’ bestselling erotic novel, Fifty…

“Hurt by the Church”

It’s a common complaint—but what do people really mean when they say they were hurt by the Church?

We Are All Joe Paterno

Shaun King remembers the good and the bad of Joe Paterno’s legacy—and why we aren’t so different.