No political victory should be worth sacrificing moral integrity

The federal government’s decision to pursue Dylann Roof’s execution is widely questioned, and it is in defiance of the wishes and recommendations of survivors of the attack, many family members of the dead and some Justice Department officials.

Growing numbers of synagogues and churches as well as two dozen U.S. cities are offering protection amid the threat of deportation under the Trump administration.

Whatever the final result of the huge, long-running protests by native Americans against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the demonstrations will surely be remembered as a landmark in relations between organized religion, Christianity in particular, and indigenous people.

A federal judge on Friday ruled that Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old accused of killing nine parishioners in a Charleston, S.C., church last year, is competent to stand trial.

Most of what we think we know about the earliest Christians comes from later traditions, Hollywood epics and, sadly, “The Da Vinci Code.”

What unifies the thousands of water protectors is devotion and prayer. Tribal leaders told us repeatedly these aren’t protests; these are ceremonies being held at a sacred place. Understanding the spirituality driving this struggle was an eye-opening experience.