After 12 days of fighting between Israel and Iran, and with a potential ceasefire in the offing, the Jewish Federations of North America announced it would allocate $10 million in emergency funding to meet the needs of Israelis affected by…
Supreme Court will hear case of Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved by Louisiana prison guards
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off by prison guards in violation of his religious beliefs.
Investigation finds Rev. Barber did not misdirect funds to pay his ex alimony
An independent investigation into allegations that the Rev. William Barber had been paying his ex-wife alimony from the finances of his nonprofit concluded that the civil rights leader did nothing wrong.
3 years after abortion rights were overturned, contraception access is at risk
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization eliminated a nearly 50-year constitutional right to abortion and returned the authority to regulate abortion to the states.
After Iran Strike, Military Chaplains Lean on Prayer and Presence
While the US bombed Iran’s nuclear sites, Bishop Derek Jones was with a group of over 300 Anglican military chaplains at a weeklong symposium and training in Bluffton, South Carolina.
Amy Grant Wants to Continue Bono’s PEPFAR Legacy
The queen of Christian pop is weighing in on proposed cuts to the successful HIV/AIDS program the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
The Ethics of In Vitro Fertilization
Louise Joy Brown, the first child conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF), was born in 1978. Since then, ethicists, theologians, and activists have expressed religiously-based objections to the practice of IVF, notwithstanding the joy it has brought to countless families. In this…
‘Lion of the Third,’ civil rights legend and Latter-day Saint friend: Rev. Dr. Amos Brown honored
Amos Brown’s office is a civil rights museum. History covers every wall and desktop.
A book on Pope Leo’s rise already? Chris White’s compelling account takes a long view.
The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church astonished the world when they suddenly elected a new pope on May 8 in just four ballots and little more than 24 hours. Christopher White can claim a similar achievement with “Pope Leo…
A Hindu’s Heroism In A Muslim School: When Having Faith Means Saving Lives
On April 22, a group of armed terrorists stormed the Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, a scenic stretch in South Kashmir popular among tourists. The attackers, armed with assault rifles, singled out men based on their religion before shooting them at…
The Problem of the Christian Assassin
On Saturday morning, Americans woke up to horrifying news. According to a federal criminal complaint, a man named Vance Boelter had stalked four Minnesota lawmakers and then attacked two of them — State Senator John Hoffman and State Representative Melissa Hortman…
Frederick Douglass Found His Mission in the Black Church
“The negro can go into the circus, the theater, the cars … but cannot go into an Evangelical Christian meeting,” an elderly Frederick Douglass exclaimed in 1885 to a crowd in the nation’s capital.”