Emma Green
How Two Mississippi College Students Fell in Love and Decided to Join a Terrorist Group
In three short months, Jaelyn Young and Muhammad Dakhlalla found themselves at the center of America’s debate over radicalization.
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Andy Friedman The Tiny Blond Bible Teacher Taking on the Evangelical Political Machine
Beth Moore grew her flock by teaching scripture to women—and being deferential to men. Now her outspokenness on sexism could cost her everything.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing Didn’t Change Anything
After a week of political theater in the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Trump’s nominee is back where he started: on his way to the Supreme Court.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Democrats Are Coming After Kavanaugh on Abortion
The Supreme Court hearings are a preview of the party’s midterm strategy, with lawmakers placing the issue front and center. But it’s far from clear that their apocalyptic rhetoric will actually work.
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Alex Wroblewski / Reuters Kavanaugh Has a Strong Chance of Confirmation—and of Becoming an Election Rallying Cry
The Supreme Court nominee has become a symbol of the president’s quiet judicial legacy and the anti-Trump resistance.
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Reuters The Sex-Abuse Scandal Has Come for Pope Francis
A letter calling for his resignation shows how serious his crisis of credibility has become.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Catholics Are Desperate for Tangible Reforms on Clergy Sex Abuse
Pope Francis says he supports a “zero-tolerance” policy, but some insist those words are not enough.
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Tami Chappell / Reuters The Pope's Groundbreaking Rejection of the Death Penalty
In a revised version of the Catechism, the punishment is deemed unacceptable in all cases.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Conservatives Are Scared, Even Under Trump
Liberals decry the forward march of a right-wing agenda. But people on the right believe they’re on the defensive.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Trump Administration Convenes the ‘Super Bowl’ of Religious Freedom
The event has sent a strong message that the U.S. wants to spread democratic values—if only the president will cooperate.
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Israel's New Law Inflames the Core Tension in Its Identity
Critics, especially Jews in the diaspora, see it as a definitive declaration in favor of a Jewish identity at the expense of a democratic one.
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Matthew Crowley Photography / Getty / Laura Lohrman ... One Country, Two Radically Different Narratives
A new poll by The Atlantic and the Public Religion Research Institute finds that Democrats and Republicans have wildly divergent views on core democratic issues, including Russian election interference.
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Rodger Mallison / Star-Telegram / AP Even Never Trump Evangelicals Might Be Swayed by the Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is one sign of unity among divided denominations.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Brett Kavanaugh Has GOP Bona Fides—and a Controversial Record
Trump's Supreme Court pick faces a brutal nomination fight ahead.
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Jose Luis Magana / AP When a Local Tragedy Becomes National News
Annapolis residents are struggling to make sense of the attack at the Capital Gazette, which is already being politicized.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Coming Battle to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Anthony Kennedy’s retirement could have a huge effect on a number of issues. Abortion may be the biggest.
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Toya Sarno Jordan / Reuters The Supreme Court Hands a Win to the Pro-Life Movement
Conservative justices decided in favor of crisis-pregnancy centers in NIFLA v. Becerra on First Amendment grounds.
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Customs and Border Patrol / Reuters Religious Leaders Condemn Family Separations—but Not Necessarily Trump
His “zero-tolerance” policy has been called “traumatic” and “cruel.” But his most stalwart supporters are sticking with him.
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Yara Nardi / Reuters The Pope's Turnaround on Sex Abuse May Have a ‘Tsunami Effect’
Francis is trying to fix a series of “grave errors” in Chile, and allegedly affirmed the gay identity of a victim there.
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Reuters A Black Bishop Brings a Political Message to the Royal Wedding
The head of the Episcopal Church spoke about poverty, hunger, and war during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials.
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Ammar Awad / Reuters Jerusalem’s Ramadan Is Different This Year
The Muslim holy month began during a dramatic and deadly week in a region where even religious events are shrouded in politics.
