A historian of astronomy writes about the role of astronomical events in Indigenous cultures − and also the exploitation…
A scholar who studies Southern Baptists explains why the denomination’s ultraconservative beliefs about women remain the…
The Supreme Court has twice weighed in on ‘release time’ policies, and many states allow districts to implement them.
Lawson learned in India how to resist racism and subsequently trained his students on the systematic use of nonviolence…
Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public…
Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish…
On Flag Day, a historian of religions in America explains how Pledge of Allegiance, which honors the American flag, is part…
Many factors shape an individual’s risk for falling prey to deception, including where and how they are targeted.
A researcher explains how couples can create a sense of ‘our money’ while keeping a sense of financial autonomy.
The image of a kneeling person in chains was first used in a seal commissioned by the Committee for the Abolition of the…
The ruling BJP failed to see that those who had not benefited from the country’s rapid economic growth were deeply unhappy.
The Supreme Court’s approach toward religion in schools has been shifting, creating uncertainty about legislation such…
Why has the ICC indictment of Israeli and Hamas leaders drawn so much fire? Understanding the notion of moral equivalence…
Laïcité, which historically upheld individual freedom, denies minority rights today, as seen in the ban on French athletes…
A Catholic friar under the chuppah? A bride in henna and a groom in a kippah? Many Jewish interfaith couples find ways to…
Warrior-monks crusaded for Christianity throughout medieval Europe. Adding to the ongoing mystery surrounding the military…
Civic engagement is more correlated with giving than religiosity, new research indicates.
Many Poles were outraged by abortion restrictions put in place during the previous government. That doesn’t mean they…
Everyone wants to raise kind children, but telling kids to be nice gets you only so far − young people need to practice…
The late President Ebrahim Raisi was supposedly being groomed to succeed an aging Ali Khamenei. The succession is a complex…