Race, gender, and politics may split Southern Baptists

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<p>America&rsquo;s largest Protestant denomination may be about to split over race, gender, and political issues. The <a href="https://apple.news/AgmcpWiEKRdG05H_VR2CfOA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> reports on how this week&rsquo;s meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention could mark a turning point.</p> <p>The problem of homelessness has intensified during the pandemic. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ar6cjVk6KT7-o3IlvfPJC7Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> talks to residents of an encampment on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon.</p> <p>Tornadoes are deadly and cause billions of dollars in damage every year. <a href="https://apple.news/AP0pfcvoSTqO2knNhz_eRkg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains why science is so bad at predicting them and what&rsquo;s being done to improve forecasts.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/ApzbbJJqWSs2VfKUmgkewVg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a>'s deputy managing editor investigates an apple that mysteriously survived for more than a year on a colleague&rsquo;s desk in their locked-down office. (And she ate some of it too.)</p>