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National Archives and Records Administration via Densho Digital … What Makes Today’s America Different From the Country That Incarcerated the Japanese?
A conversation with a historian about the slow creep of discrimination, from the U.S. government to church groups
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Gregorio Borgia / AP The Cardinal Trying to Save Chicago
Blase Cupich, who has been called America’s Pope Francis, has just been given a powerful new position in Rome. Can he keep his own city from being destroyed by gun violence?
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Patrons' Permanent Fund / National Gallery of Art Rewriting the Biblical 'Curse' on Womankind
A change to a popular translation of the Bible could affect readers’ views on marriage and gender roles.
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Noah Berger / Reuters The Jewish Struggle to Understand Trump's Election
Synagogues hosted prayer and healing services on Wednesday for congregants grappling with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Evangelical Reckoning Over Donald Trump
White, conservative Christians voted for the Republican candidate by a huge margin, but this election revealed deep fractures among leaders and churches—especially along racial lines.
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP A Black Church Burned in the Name of Trump
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi, was reportedly set on fire and spray painted with the words “Vote Trump” on Tuesday night.
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Daniella Zalcman Erasing Indigenous Heritage
Portraits and interviews with native Canadians abused within the government’s Indian Residential School system
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Andrew Harnik / Carolyn Kaster / Steve Helber … Liberty University Students Want to Be Christians—Not Republicans
Evangelicals at the school are tired of politics—and the party that gave them Trump.
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Bazuki Muhammad / Reuters It’s the Moms Who Get Kids to Church
A new study suggests women are the primary models for religious faith in many households.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters Why Several Native Americans Are Suing the Mormon Church
Participants in the Church-sponsored Indian Student Placement Program have filed at least three sexual-abuse lawsuits.
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Thomas Peter / Reuters The Tide of Hate Directed Against Jewish Journalists
A new report finds that anti-Semitic death threats have increased significantly during this election cycle.
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Stephanie Keith / Reuters Animal-Rights Groups Are Targeting a Jewish Ritual on Yom Kippur
A lawsuit in California and violent protests in Brooklyn have focused on the practice of ritual chicken slaughter. Is this anti-Semitism?
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WBIR When ‘Religious Freedom’ Leaves Children Dead
Many states don’t consider it “abuse” to rely on faith healings when kids get sick. Why isn’t this a bigger issue?
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J. Scott Applewhite / Reuters Democrats Are Pushing to Use Tax Dollars to Pay for Abortions
Pro-choice groups are rallying to end the ban on federal funding for abortion. Will their newly found momentum be enough?
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Chris Pizzello / Reuters If Americans Can Be Transgender, Can They Be Transracial?
A new book explores the flexibility of race and gender.
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Yannis Behrakis / Reuters Half of Americans Don't Think Transgender People Should Be Able to Pick Their Bathroom
A new survey suggests gender identity, along with sexuality, continues to divide Americans.
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Stephanie Keith / Reuters Muslim Americans Should Reject the Politics of Normalcy
Muslim Americans cannot prevent discrimination by trying to blend in.
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Jason Miczek / Reuters ‘How Can This Go On in America?’
A new book highlights the need for prophetic voices in a time of racial violence.
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Fox The Exorcist and the Lost Art of Catholic Storytelling
A TV reboot of the 1971 novel and its film adaptation debuts this week, but the deeper religious themes of the original story might be lost on contemporary American viewers.
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Davis Turner / Reuters Why North Carolina Judges Can Still Refuse to Perform Same-Sex Marriages
Decisions in dueling lawsuits suggest the religious exemption law will be hard to overturn in the courts.
