A 20-year-old man is facing charges connected to a viral social media challenge involving the metro Atlanta branch of the Church of Scientology. For over a month, users on social media have been posting videos about the trends known as…[Continue Reading...]
Janet Z, 32, grew up in a a break-off group of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Utah. She tells her story over on TikTok. A woman who grew up in a polygamous "cult" with 44…[Continue Reading...]
Life Could Be a Dream follows Sarah, who makes a courageous decision to leave a marriage shadowed by coercive control, taking her 13-year-old son with her. Director Jasmin Tarasin wanted to shine a light on coercive control and help people…[Continue Reading...]
There’s a particular kind of silence that happens in the parking lot after a mandatory all-hands meeting. You’re sitting in your car, keys in the ignition, replaying something the CEO said about “family” and “sacrifice” and “those who don’t get…[Continue Reading...]
Three teenage boys are facing hate crime and burglary charges after police say they broke into Seattle’s Church of Scientology on Saturday, in what police believe was part of a viral social media challenge to “speed run” through the famously…[Continue Reading...]
DAMASCUS, Va. (WCYB) — A restaurant chain has become the source of controversy in the town of Damascus. A ‘Yellow Deli’ food truck has caught the eye of town residents, and it’s made for a few heated posts on Facebook.…[Continue Reading...]
The Church of Scientology has been forced to upgrade its security across buildings in Australia following a bizarre string of attempted trespass events led mostly by groups of teenagers. The “Scientology Speedrun” TikTok trend began in the US late last…[Continue Reading...]
Over the weekend, Brisbane's Church of Scientology became the latest target of a viral trend that began in the United States just a few months ago: the Scientology speed run. Expecting a potential attempt at trespass on church property, Queensland…[Continue Reading...]
Ima, if someone said “Scientology speedrun” to me I would think about Tom Cruise in tight shorts. But that is not what is happening, is it? Not quite, Cait. The Scientology speedrun appears to have spawned in March when content…[Continue Reading...]
The survivors of a school shooting are speaking out against the neo-Nazi leader whose writing inspired the killer — in the hopes he’ll get a heavy sentence for trying to plan a terror attack against minority and Jewish children in…[Continue Reading...]
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