Ferguson, Missouri; Sunni-Shia Harmony; Minnesota Lama

In many parts of the world, Sunni and Shia Muslims are locked in bloody conflicts. But here in the United States, members of the two major branches of Islam live side-by-side in relative harmony. Kim Lawton traveled to South Florida to speak with members of both communities about their similarities, differences and relations with each other.

There is a nine-year-old boy in a suburb of Minneapolis who is training to be a Buddhist priest.  And not just any Buddhist priest. Jalue Dorje has been recognized as the 8th reincarnation of the first Takshem Lama, who lived in the 16th century.  Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro tells the story.

In Ferguson, Missouri hundreds of people gathered this week to mark the two-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer. Brown’s death sparked protests all over the country. It also fueled the movement known as Black Lives Matter. We talk with Pastor Traci Blackmon of Christ the King United Church of Christ in suburban St. Louis.