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New research from Pew invites us to sit with something uncomfortable. Nearly half of Americans who have left Christianity say they simply stopped believing what they were taught. Not wounded by community, not driven away by politics — but quietly unconvinced. That kind of honest reckoning deserves more tenderness than we usually give it.
From questions of faith to questions of belonging — a generation of new graduates is stepping into what one executive coach calls the launch phase of adulthood. The dining halls and organized communities have dissolved overnight, and suddenly the great open question arrives: what now? It is, perhaps, the most ancient question dressed in a graduation gown.
And in Washington, a piece of legislation with a long and earnest name — the Dignity Act — is gathering something rare: bipartisan momentum. It proposes a sweeping overhaul of immigration policy, holding together the twin commitments of welcome and order. Whether it can survive the pressures of a divided season remains to be seen, but the attempt itself is worth noting.
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