As Miami joins Austin on the F1 calendar next year and American viewing figures, driven by a new fanbase won over by Netflix and F1’s investment in digital media, consistently hit their highest numbers of all time, the sport’s popularity Stateside is hitting a purple patch.
But the holy grail of engagement appears to remain an American driver. Quite incredibly, America’s second world champion Mario Andretti remains the country’s last race winner. In 1978.
So why aren’t the best of America’s best ending up in Formula 1? And what, if anything, can be done to uncork the bottle and bring America’s finest racing talent back to the sport?
by Rich Copley | Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Christian Brooks (counter-clockwise from top left) of the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness moderated a discussion with the Rev. Dr. Laura Cunningham of Western Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. and Rev. Graylan S. Hagler of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ for the final episode of the webinar series, “Where Do We Go from Here?” (Screenshot)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky â Millions of Americans were surprised and shocked when insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 attempting to stop the certification of the November presidential election.
âThis was not new,â Hagler said he told his congregation the next Sunday. âThis was a part of the historical fabric that exists in the United States of America, that very often white supremacy groups, white idolatrous groups resort to violence when they don’t get their way.â
What is white supremacy theology?
February 5, 2021
Webinar will look at the legacy of Christianity as a tool of oppression, including at the Capitol insurrection
by Rich Copley | Presbyterian News Service
Night falls over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the day a violent mob supporting former President Donald Trump attacked. (Photo by Tyler Merbler, Wikimedia Creative Commons)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky â In the midst of the deadly attack on the United States Capitol Jan. 6, people saw images such as a cross, flags including one that read âJesus is my savior, Trump is my President,â signs such as âHold the line patriots God wins,â and religious messages scrawled on a gallows erected at the Capitol.