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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Executive Editor | Leigh Jones |
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| Categories | news, religion, culture, politics |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 41,831[1] |
| Founder | Joel Belz |
| First issue | 1986 |
| Company | World News Group/God's World Publications |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Language | English |
| Website | wng |
| ISSN | 0888-157X |
World (often stylized in all-caps as WORLD) is a monthly Christian news magazine, published in the United States by World News Group, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Asheville, North Carolina.[2] World's declared perspective is one of Christian evangelical Protestantism.[3][4]
Each issue features both U.S. and international news, cultural analysis, editorials and commentary, as well as book, music and movie reviews. World's end-of-the-year issue covers stories from the previous year, obituaries, and statistics.[3]
World was launched by Joel Belz in 1986 as a publication of The Presbyterian Journal, a theologically conservative magazine founded in 1942.[5] However, due to low readership and financial difficulties, The Presbyterian Journal cancelled the publication that June.[6] Belz convinced the board of The Presbyterian Journal to shut down operations and reallocate its resources to World, which relaunched in 1987.[7] It started with about 5,000 subscribers and the publishers initially requested donations in every issue to stay afloat. At its peak, World had a circulation exceeding 160,000.[8]
In 2005, Nick Eicher replaced Joel Belz as CEO and World considered moving its headquarters to a different city.[9] Eicher made the decision to move the company's business model away from focusing on ad sales. (By 2025, the company said nearly 90 percent of its revenue is derived from subscriptions and charitable contributions.)[10] In 2008, World switched from publishing weekly to biweekly.[11] That same year Eicher was succeeded by Kevin Martin. In July 2011, World moved its office from Innsbruck Mall in Asheville to a former bank building in Biltmore Village.[12]
In 2012, World began referring to itself as World News Group, which includes its print, digital, and broadcast properties.[citation needed] In 2014, Nick Eicher became Chief Content Officer, responsible for all editorial content for the organization.
In 2021, Marvin Olasky's tenure as editor-in-chief of World Magazine ended, but he continued working with the magazine until 2022, and he hoped to continue working with World Journalism Institute beyond that time.[13]
In July 2024, World changed its magazine from printing biweekly to monthly.[14] Three months later, in late September, World's two buildings in Biltmore Village were destroyed during Hurricane Helene.[15]
World News Group's editorial staff is led by an editorial council of senior editors and producers. The current members of the editorial council are Brian Basham (Program Director-World Watch), Paul Butler (Training Director), Rebecca Cochrane (Editorial Director-God's World News), Leigh Jones (Executive Editor-Features and Editor-WORLD Magazine), Tim Lamer (Executive Editor—Commentary and Digital); Daniel James Devine (Executive Editor-News); and Nick Eicher (Executive Producer--WORLD Radio).
Unlike World's business staff, which works almost entirely in Asheville, the majority of its editorial and production staff live elsewhere.[9]
World has received positive critical commentary from the New York Times regarding its investigative reporting on controversies within the evangelical Christian community.[16]
In an August 29, 2009, cover story, World reported on the C Street Center in Washington, D.C., and the secretive organization behind it, the Fellowship, a.k.a. "The Family".[17] Scott Horton of Harper's Magazine praised the piece, saying the magazine's "attitude is critical and exacting. The piece looks like serious journalism, much like the publication's exposé work on Ralph Reed and other scandals in the past."[18] Rachel Maddow, on her August 17, 2009, show said, "The article exposes The Family's mysterious money trail and describes the C Street scandals using the word 'scandal' and argues that The Family subscribes to a, quote, 'muddy theology' and it harbors, quote, 'a disdain for the established church.'"[19]
The magazine reported that Christian apologist and conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza had shared a hotel room with his fiancée prior to filing for divorce from his previous wife.[20] After World broke the story, D'Souza resigned as president of New York's The King's College in response.[21][22]
In December 2018, World's investigative report[23] on Harvest Bible Chapel and its pastor, James MacDonald, led to a shakeup at the suburban Chicago megachurch. The article written by freelance writer Julie Roys included detailed information on financial mismanagement and a culture of deception and intimidation at the church. On February 13, 2019, the elders of the church announced the firing of MacDonald.[24][25]
World's digital properties are headed by Executive Editor Tim Lamer. The World website includes daily news stories, including daily news briefs called "The Sift,"[26] weekly news roundups[27] and editorial cartoons.[28] World's magazine content is also available through its apps for iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle devices.[29]
On August 6, 2011, World launched a weekly two-hour radio news program called The World and Everything in It.[30][31] Hosted by executive producer Nick Eicher and senior producer Joseph Slife, the program aired weekends on U.S. stations and featured reports, interviews, and analysis from the organization's editorial team. In May 2013, The World and Everything in It became a 30-minute daily podcast. Slife left the program in May 2017 and was replaced as co-host by Mary Reichard.
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World (often stylized in all-caps as WORLD) is a monthly Christian news magazine, published in the United States by World News Group, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Asheville, North Carolina. World's declared perspective is one of Christian evangelical Protestantism. Each issue features both U.S. and international news, cultural analysis, editorials and commentary, as well as book, music and movie reviews. World's end-of-the-year issue covers stories from the previous year, obituaries, and statistics.
Children's World is an India-based illustrated monthly children's magazine in English brought out by the house of Children's Book Trust, New Delhi. It was founded by K. Shankar Pillai, in 1968.The magazine was launched to encourage creative talent in children and provide a training ground for upcoming writers and illustrators enthusiastic to enter the field of children's literature. Children's World is the oldest English-language magazine for kids in India. The magazine contains stories, poems, comics, features and activities for children on a variety of themes including science, history, nature, space, sports, news and views, with an intent to broaden horizons and encourage creativity, imagination, empathy, skills and knowledge among children and enhance their logical and lateral thinking abilities. The current Editor of the magazine is Geeta Menon.
Science World is an educational magazine published by Scholastic Corporation targeting primarily children between grades 6 and 12 and covering many aspects of science, including "physical science, life science/health, earth and space science, environmental science, and technology."
Free World (1941–1946) was the monthly magazine of the International Free World Association, published by Free World, Inc. in New York City. It was edited by "Louis Dolivet," an émigré writer, film producer, and alleged Soviet spy born in Romania as Ludovici Udeanu with French citizenship under the alias Ludovic Brecher. Free World was militantly anti-Fascist, articulating the perspective of left-liberal Popular Front intellectuals and international political figures who supported the Allies in World War II and championed the creation of the United Nations as a successor to the failed post-World War I League of Nations. Alongside academics and journalists from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Mexico, Free World prominently featured the voices of anti-Axis Chinese nationalists as well as exiled leaders from Spain, Italy, France, elsewhere in Europe, Brazil, Chile, and elsewhere in Latin America. An anonymous "Underground Reporter" gave regular updates on the activities of the Free French and other elements of the European resistance. The magazine's editorial position was fundamentally supportive of Soviet foreign policy, usually although not always in a subtle manner. In this respect Free World was related to publications like The Week (1933–1941), a newsletter used by British journalist and Comintern agent Claud Cockburn to wage a disinformation campaign against Nancy Astor's notorious pro-Nazi 'Cliveden set.' Similar to other left-liberal journals of its era, Free World combined international political analysis, book reviews and artwork, along with occasional fiction and poetry. Freda Kirchwey and others at The Nation had links to Free World, as did Michael Straight and former VP Henry Wallace of The New Republic. It featured contributions from some on the anti-Stalinist left who later became associated with cold war liberalism, and it bore a resemblance to influential journals associated with the New York intellectuals, including The New Leader, Partisan Review, Common Sense, and Commentary (which began in 1945, followed by The Reporter (1949), Encounter (1953), and Dissent (1954)). Starting with its first issue, Free World was billed as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Democracy and World Affairs." The month prior to the opening of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, in April 1945, the Free World tagline was changed to "A Non-Partisan Magazine Devoted to the United Nations and Democracy." In October 1945, as the UN Charter went into effect, it became simply "A Monthly Magazine for the United Nations." Despite this title, and the extensive involvement of many editors and writers in the establishment of the new international organization, Free World was never formally connected with the United Nations. Attracting ministers and diplomats from across the nearly fifty original UN Member States, by the start of 1946, Free World published in eight different editions in four languages: American, Mexican, French, Chilean, Chinese, Greek, Puerto Rican, and Uruguayan; Russian, Swedish, Czechoslovak, Italian, Arabic, and British editions were "in preparation" throughout the last year of publication. Following the final issue of Free World in December 1946, Dolivet launched a new magazine called United Nations World, its first issue appearing in February 1947 (if not earlier). He abandoned that venture in 1950, having returned to France in 1949 and subsequently being banned from reentering the United States upon suspicion of having ties to Communism. United Nations World lasted under different editorship until 1953.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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