Sixty-five percent of Americans believe there are only two genders, up from 59% in 2021 and 62% in 2022, according to research from the nonpartisan research organization Public Religion Research Institute. Belief in a gender binary increased among all demographic groups except for Latter-Day Saints at 81% (compared to 82% in 2021) and black Protestants at 71% (compared to 73% in 2021). Read more.

Instagram has created a task force to investigate researchers' claims that its algorithms connected pedophiles to underage sexual content. The move comes after an investigation from The Wall Street Journal and researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that users could search Instagram using hashtags such as "#pedowh**e" and "preteensex" to connect to accounts advertising child-sex material. Read more.

CP Senior Investigative Reporter Brandon Showalter calls out the Associated Press for updating its style guide, telling journalists "not use the term transgenderism, which frames transgender identity as an ideology." Journalists have also been instructed to avoid "birth gender" and refer to "sex assigned at birth." Showalter calls out the AP's language manipulation, writing, "Is there a more effective mode of psychological manipulation than causing someone to question their sanity and reasoning powers by telling them, now with the AP's official endorsement, that a boy is a 'she' and a girl?" Read more.

Dr. Michael Brown discusses antisemitism's centuries-long existence and the false narratives that are used to advance hate and attacks. Noting that antisemitism flourishes online, Brown points to video highlights from an Iranian TV interview during which Dr. E. Michael Jones denied a major atrocity of the Holocaust. Read more.

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Over the weekend, 141 U.S. churches participated in an initiative to boost racial harmony. Pastors utilized Unity Weekend to share the Bible's messages on healing and unity, pointing out that many of society's issues today were also found in the Bible. Read more.

Nearly four out of five U.S. Protestant pastors say their church has some sort of security measure in place when they gather for worship, per a study from Lifeway Research. Findings also showed that 57% have an intentional plan for an active shooter situation. Some 54% said armed church members are part of their security measures, compared to 45% who responded the same in 2019. Read more.

A study from Worship Leader Research shows that 37 of the 38 worship songs that appeared on the Christian Copyright Licensing International and PraiseCharts top-25 lists from 2010 to 2020 were co-written or popularized by one of five megachurches. The single exception was Phil Wickham's "Great Things." However, the researchers noted that his successful collaborations with Bethel Music, one of the five listed megachurches, "preceded the song's release." Read the full list of churches here.