Indian Americans constitute a mere 1.5% of the population, but their impact on American politics can be disproportionate,…
The court's prosecutes genocide, torture and grave wartime abuses worldwide. Trump's executive order imposes on…
A would-be speaker at the Republican National Convention was yanked for encouraging people to read up on a hoax that has…
A sociologist describes her research on online Christian sex advice sites to point out a sexual culture in which men are…
A public health lawyer and ethicist explores the thorny issue of whether requiring people to be vaccinated against COVID-19…
As religious sites put pilgrimages on hold, a whole industry in travel, transport and accommodation takes a hit.
The appeal of Jerry Falwell Jr., who resigned as president of Liberty University following a sex scandal, came from his…
In February, the US signed an historic accord with the Taliban to end the Afghanistan War. Now violence in the country is…
The response to the sex scandal that led to Jerry Falwell Jr. resigning as president of Liberty University falls into a…
A historian explains the impact of culture and American Hollywood heroes such as John Wayne who have helped fashion the…
The US has a long history of forced sterilization campaigns that were driven by the bogus 'science' of eugenics,…
A philosopher argues that wearing masks could be tied to living up to the standards of one's social group and recognizing…
Challenge trials – purposefully exposing volunteers to the coronavirus – could speed up the development of a vaccine.…
A professor reflects on his four decades of working with families dealing with grief and how the program he helped set up…
Trump recently suggested that a vote for Biden would hurt God. Religion scholars explain what, under Christian belief, it…
The history of education in the West is closely associated with Christian religious spaces – from the first cathedral…
As Americans celebrate the legacy of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, it is also a moment to acknowledge…
In reconverting Hagia Sophia to a mosque, Turkish officials have emphasized veiling of Christian icons to create a Muslim…
Israel and the United Arab Emirates weren't at war, so their new deal is not really a peace accord. Nor does it satisfy…
Conventional trials to test coronavirus vaccines are paradoxically slowed down by actions to curb the disease's spread.…