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Cheryl Senter / AP An Elegy for Martin O’Malley
The former Maryland governor’s love of Irish poetry provides a fitting send off to his candidacy.
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Zsolt Czegledi / MTI via AP The Disgraced Preacher and the Songwriter
The man who wrote one of the most popular worship songs is linked to the leader of an organization hit with allegations of sexual abuse.
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Charles Rex Arbogast / AP The Professor Suspended for Saying Muslims and Christians Worship One God
It was her theology—not her hijab—that got her in trouble with the evangelical college.
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Vivek Prakash / Reuters How the U.S. Won a Major Victory in the Fight Against SIDS
There’s a lot researchers still don’t know about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but safe-sleep campaigns have cut its fatalities in half in just a few decades.
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Craig Lassig / AP Why Adopted Children Still Struggle Over Time
Despite the care they may receive from their adopted families, many students have lower academic performance and diagnosed disabilities.
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Hillary For America Hillary’s Stitchery
The girl-power movement has taken back embroidery—and Clinton’s 2016 campaign is capitalizing on it.
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Nati Harnik / AP When Politicians Go Hunting for Votes
Even as the number of hunters declines, presidential candidates still don orange vests and head off in pursuit of game.
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Rich Schultz / AP Are Evangelicals Losing Faith in Trump?
Many leaders of the church have already denounced the billionaire’s non-Christlike antics and now others may be following suit.
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Chris Carlson / AP The Decline of the American Brothel
The industry has never been widely accepted, but in the age of the Internet it may disappear completely.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters The Man Behind the Aborted-Fetus Signs
Eric Scheidler, who leads an activist group that displays graphic anti-abortion images, explains why he won’t back down from his controversial pro-life strategy.
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Carlos Osorio / AP Ted Cruz in Autumn
The Texas senator and Republican presidential candidate rallied supporters last weekend at Funspot, the self-proclaimed largest arcade in America.
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Muhammad Hamed / Reuters The Hajj Stampede: Why Do Crowds Run?
It usually isn’t about “panic.”
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Themba Hadebe / AP Did Neanderthals Have Souls?
A newly unearthed hominid revives some difficult questions for Christians.
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Chip East / Reuters Bioethics in the Grocery-Store Checkout Line
As techniques like IVF and surrogacy become more common among celebrities, tabloids offer a window into the complicated future of reproduction.
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David Goldman / AP Jimmy Carter and the Progressive Roots of Sunday School
The former president is heir to a long tradition of church-based education as a means of moral improvement.
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Resurgence/Flickr How a Megachurch Melts Down
What the dissolution of one of America's fastest-growing churches means for evangelicalism
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AP Can Megachurches Deal With Mega Money in a Christian Way?
Mars Hill Church spent $210,000 getting its pastor's book to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. Where is the line between a pastor promoting his own career and promoting the ministry of his church?
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GlasgowAmateur/flickr A U.S. News & World Report College Ranking for the Soul
Is it possible to judge a school's ability to encourage deeper religious faith?
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How We All Became Pollyannas (and Why We Should Be Glad About It)
100 years after the publication of 'Pollyanna,' the novel offers a mascot for the modern happiness obsession.
