Seven men. One woman. And allegations so horrifying there is a temptation to look away. Don’t. Look closely, not only at the men accused, but at what this case reveals about the rest of us. A former Cornell University student...
Razia rarely leaves her home, but she has big dreams. An Afghan woman in her early 20s, Razia lives with her six adult siblings in her brother’s house outside Kabul. Their parents are dead, so they all pitch in to…
If you think nearly five years of enforced isolation — including losing the right to education — has broken the spirit of women and girls in Afghanistan, meet Medina (named changed for her protection). Medina comes from a well-educated family….
Last Sunday, I heard Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speak about his newly released book, Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country, at St. Stephen Church, a prominent African American church in the heart of West Louisville. As…
Seven men. One woman. And allegations so horrifying there is a temptation to look away. Don’t. Look closely, not only at the men accused, but at what this case reveals about the rest of us. A former Cornell University student…
James Talarico’s grandfather was a “moderate” Baptist pastor in the Southern Baptist Convention, and that’s why his grandson is so liberal, Al Mohler claims. On the June 2 episode of Mohler’s “The Briefing” podcast, the president of Southern Baptist Theological…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continues its aggressive campaign against employers accused of violating the religious freedom of Christians. The federal agency announced Sept. 25 that it had settled a lawsuit it filed against a California mail-delivery company for…
The Trump administration has scrapped a Title IX rule adopted in 2024 to protect LGBTQ students from sexual harassment. The change was announced Sept. 28 and was to go into effect the next day without public comment. Title IX is…
Imagine driving west from Charleston, W.Va., to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on the coldest weekend you had ever experienced for a graduate music audition, only to arrive and find the professor you knew — well, not really knew, but…
The unarmed immigrant ICE officers shot in the back while he was driving for DoorDash in Texas last week now has been charged criminally with assaulting, resisting, interfering and impeding a federal officer. His immigration attorney says the Trump administration…
The pending execution of a woman who claims she was wrongly convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2007 has been thrown back into legal limbo. An earlier trial judge’s finding that Melissa Lucio did not fatally abuse her daughter…
To paraphrase the late Tony Campolo, some of you already are more upset that I wrote the word “hell” in a headline than you are about the horror that headline addresses. Hang on to your pearls, because it’s time to…
Tucker Carlson is continuing his reversal on previous support for Donald Trump, this time telling NPR nihilism drove the president to start his war against Iran. Carlson, a former Trump ally and former Fox News host, spoke with NPR’s Steve…
