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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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.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters The End of Trump Won't Be the End of Trumpism
A new book—tweeted out by the president himself—argues that America is in the midst of a populist realignment.
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Baz Ratner / Reuters Celebration in Jerusalem, Bloodshed in Gaza
The new American embassy opens during a chaotic and violent week in the Middle East—and it's just the beginning.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters There’s More to Being Jewish Than Fighting Anti-Semitism
A new book looks at the fight against resurgent hatred in Trump’s America, but its prescriptions can’t address the other crisis facing American Judaism.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Trump Creates a Not-So-New Faith Office in the White House
The president’s initiative sounds a lot like those of Barack Obama and George W. Bush. But the religious influences on Trump’s government are radically different.
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Remo Casilli / Reuters A Cassandra Cry Against Pope Francis
Ross Douthat's views on the pope are intensely unpopular. But has he identified a fundamental tension in the Church?
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Netanyahu's Incredible Flip-Flop on African Migrants
First he planned to deport 40,000 people from Israel. Then he backed off. And now…?
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Should Pro-Life Clinics Have to Post Information About Abortion?
The Supreme Court will consider the rights of crisis pregnancy centers, which help women “imagine what the choice of life would be like.”
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters How Trump Is Remaking Evangelicalism
A new book shows the fracture lines the 45th U.S. president has created within American Christianity.
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Stringer France / Reuters Billy Graham, the Great Uniter, Leaves Behind a Divided Evangelicalism
The preacher, dead at 99, advised presidents, mentored clergy, and influenced millions of people. Will his legacy of non-partisan outreach continue?
