In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality
Facing deportation after 30 years in the United States, a woman’s decision to take refuge in a church is changing the lives of a rallying community — and her own spirit.
After Roy’s Moore defeat, one mayor’s manifest plan to raise a Christian flag high over his Alabama town.
“I do not know any of these women,” the Senate candidate said at a recent campaign event.
One woman said that just before or after her 18th birthday she and Moore, then 30, went on a date that ended with him giving her what she called a “forceful” kiss that left her scared.
Alabama resident Leigh Corfman said that in 1979, when Moore was an assistant district attorney, he brought her to his home and touched her sexually. Three other women said that Moore – now a candidate for U.S. Senate -- pursued them when they were teenagers and he was in his early 30s.
In a Texas shelter, the answer lies next to donated air mattresses, in zip-top bags and still-damp leather purses.
Even for those who manage to escape their homes, there’s no relief from Hurricane Harvey.
In the Finnish border town of Tornio, busloads of refugees arrived every day. As they made their way to a border check, many discarded handfuls of documents that were useless, or perhaps a liability, now that they’d arrived at their final stop.