Emily Hawley
Op-ed contributor
Emily Wood joined The Christian Post as a staff reporter in February 2021. She primarily covers the global persecuted Church, the pro-life cause, Christian culture and American politics.
Emily graduated with a degree in journalism from Liberty University in May 2020 and served as the editor-in-chief of the Liberty Champion newspaper. Emily most recently worked at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and as a congressional intern in the U.S. Senate. A native of upstate South Carolina, Emily now lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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100K Bibles distributed to prisoners nationwide during COVID-19 pandemic: 'God-inspired'
The nation’s leading prison ministry has given over 100,000 Bibles in the past nine months to incarcerated men and women across the country amid heightened demand for God’s word during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tim Scott responds after 'Uncle Tim' trends on Twitter for hours: 'Attacking the color of my skin'
Twitter allowed the racial slur “Uncle Tim” to trend for hours about Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., an African American, after he delivered the GOP rebuttal speech to President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of U.S. Congress on Wednesday.
Supreme Court hears 'monumental' student speech case over profanity-laced Snapchat post
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a free speech case involving a Pennsylvania high school student who was kicked off her cheerleading team over a profanity-laced Snapchat message, a case advocates say has free speech implications for all students.
Suspected Fulani gunmen raid Baptist church service in Nigeria, abduct 4 worshipers; 1 killed
Armed Fulani radicals raided a Baptist church’s Sunday service in Nigeria, killing one person, injuring another and abducting four women as violence accelerates in the Kaduna state.
Supreme Court weighs if California can force nonprofits to disclose private donor information
Oral arguments were held before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday on whether Americans will remain free to give to nonprofit organizations privately and without the fear that nonprofits will be forced to disclose private donor information.
Top Muslim political leader arrested for allegedly aiding 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
A prominent Muslim political leader in Sri Lanka and his brother were arrested over the weekend due to their suspected connection to the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings of three churches and three hotels in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa that killed over 269 people.
South Korea's 'anti-leaflet law' a sign of alarming 'democratic decay,' Chris Smith warns
Prompted by South Korea’s new anti-leaflet law that suppresses free expression flowing into North Korea, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hosted a hearing on Thursday to discuss the implications of this law for human rights and freedom of expression on the Korean peninsula.
Biden admin. to allow US embassies to fly LGBT pride flags, reverses Trump-era policy
The U.S. State Department has authorized embassies worldwide to display the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles along with the American flag, which reverses the Trump-era policy.
Georgia mom's rant at school board meeting against mask mandate goes viral: 'It has to stop'
A Georgia mom’s emotional plea at a school board meeting this month in the metro-Atlanta area to end a mask mandate has made waves nationwide.
Black-owned businesses near ‘George Floyd Square’ plead for help amid rising crime, police ban
Black-owned businesses near George Floyd Square are struggling to survive amid rising crime inside the autonomous zone that has been the scene of two fatal shootings.
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