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President Nelson: A 100 year legacy

Ethan Pack
By Ethan Pack
September 09, 2024 06:30 AM
With a century of life under his belt, President Russell M. Nelson has shared his wisdom and life experiences with people and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all around the world.
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Featured

President Nelson named inaugural recipient of the Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize

By Marissa Lundeen
March 15, 2023 12:00 AM
Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be awarded the Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize from Morehouse College, a historically Black university in Atlanta.
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Religion

Elder Bednar on race, women in the Church, LGBTQ issues and media depictions at the National Press Club

By Abigail Gunderson
May 26, 2022 12:00 AM
Washington, D.C. — Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke to the National Press Club about how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is influencing change in the world. He is the first Church representative to address the National Press Club since President Gordon B. Hinckley did so in 2000.
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State

Both Utah senators receive failing grades for protecting voter's rights

By Universe Contributor
November 11, 2021 12:00 AM
By Emma Evans
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Religion

Church and NAACP announce educational, social collaboration

By Jeff Salcedo
June 14, 2021 12:00 AM
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced educational and social initiatives to help African Americans Monday morning in Salt Lake City.
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Campus

History and memory: BYU community grapples with names and monuments

By Lisi Merkley
July 14, 2020 12:00 AM
Read en español: La historia y memoria: la comunidad de BYU lucha con nombres y monumentos
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Nation

President Nelson partners with NAACP leaders to call for love, justice

By Karina Andrew
June 08, 2020 12:00 AM
President Russell M. Nelson co-authored a Medium op-ed with NAACP leaders calling Americans to take action against personal and systemic racism.
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Local

HJR8: Committee votes to remove slavery reference from Utah's Constitution

By Decker Westenburg
February 07, 2019 12:00 AM
The Utah House Judiciary Committee decided it was time to remove slavery from the Utah Constitution as constituents questioned how it got there in the first place.
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Breaking News

NAACP and LDS Church meet as 40th anniversary of priesthood extension approaches

By Sahalie Donaldson
May 22, 2018 12:00 AM
LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson (center left) shakes hands with National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President Derrick Johnson during a short press briefing on Thursday, May 17, 2018, after a historic meeting between the two organizations earlier in the day. The two groups put a terse history behind them and began exploring new opportunities for collaboration.
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Campus News

Students, community discuss Black Lives Matter

By Brandon Klatskin
August 10, 2017 12:00 AM
It was a bright, cool day when three female BYU students walked into the open-aired grove located in the middle of the Joseph Smith Building on the campus of Brigham Young University. One student had a Black Lives Matter shirt gripped in her hand, another wearing a shirt that had huge letters across the chest area that read “Nah,” and at the lower end of the shirt that read “Rosa Parks.” All three students opened up about their experiences of being Black Lives Matter supporters, black students at a majority-caucasian campus and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Opinion Outpost

Online opinion outpost: June 23

By Universe Contributor
June 23, 2015 12:00 AM
The Opinion Outpost features opinions and commentary on the latest hot topics from national news sources. As much as you love hearing from The Universe, we thought you might like to hear from journalists around the nation.
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Nation

White man arrested in killing of 9 in historic black church

June 18, 2015 12:00 AM
Noah Nicolaisen, of Charleston, S.C., kneels at a makeshift memorial down the street from where a white man opened fire Wednesday night during a prayer meeting inside the Emanuel AME Church killing several people in Charleston, Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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