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Getty / The Atlantic Denver Riggleman Has Seen the Future of the Republican Party
Republicans used to think they’d succeed through moderation and inclusion. That’s over.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters How Trump Is Reversing Obama’s Nondiscrimination Legacy
A new rule would allow federal contractors to make hiring and firing decisions based on their religious beliefs and practices.
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Sid Hastings / AP Conservative Christians Just Retook the United Methodist Church
The mainline denomination voted on Tuesday to toughen its teachings against homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and LGBTQ clergy. It must now decide whether it will stay together.
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Justin Gellerson How America Is Transforming Islam
Being young and Muslim in the U.S. means navigating multiple identities. Nothing shows that more than falling in love.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Department of Justice Takes a Stand Against Transgender Rights in the Workplace
A new memo rescinds an Obama-era policy on gender-identity discrimination, setting the stage for a possible Supreme Court fight.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Battle Over LGBT Discrimination Is Just Beginning
The Trump administration steps into an on-going legal battle over civil rights—and steps on another agency’s turf.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters How Much Discrimination Do Muslims Face in America?
Many are suspicious of those who practice Islam. Many more are trying to reach out.
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Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters Steve Bannon's Would-Be Coalition of Christian Traditionalists
From American evangelicals to Russian Orthodox, they're united against Islam. Is that enough to overcome all that divides them?
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David Goldman, Richard Drew, Steve Helber, Chuck Burton … The Year in Religion and Politics
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016—from religious-liberty bills to Donald Trump's polarizing effect on evangelicals.
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Chris Pizzello / Reuters If Americans Can Be Transgender, Can They Be Transracial?
A new book explores the flexibility of race and gender.
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Yannis Behrakis / Reuters Half of Americans Don't Think Transgender People Should Be Able to Pick Their Bathroom
A new survey suggests gender identity, along with sexuality, continues to divide Americans.
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AP Phyllis Schlafly's Successful Counter-Revolution
Donald Trump is a testament to the lasting influence of one of the 20th century’s most talented and effective political organizers.
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Mark Blinch / Reuters Religious-Liberty Laws That Have No Meaning
Tennessee is just the latest state to pass legislation claiming to protect conservatives who object to LGBT relationships and identity.
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Andrey Popov / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / … When Doctors Refuse to Treat LGBT Patients
A new law in Mississippi makes it legal for physicians and therapists to opt out of care on religious grounds. What does this mean for medicine?
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Reuters Same-Sex Marriage Denied in China
A judge ruled against a gay couple’s marriage petition.
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Chris Tilley / Reuters Kim Davis Is Winning
The Rowan County Clerk’s resistance to the erosion of religious liberty is reenergizing the broader movement.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Why Obama Pushed for Gay Rights in Kenya
President Obama’s advocacy for gay rights in Kenya is likely to stir up colonial resentment in the country. But he may have forced a necessary national conversation.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Can States Ignore the Supreme Court on Gay Marriage?
Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz are suggesting there might be ways for states and cities to nullify the justices’ ruling. They’re wrong.
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Jon Nazca / Reuters The Conservative Split on the Meaning of Marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges will shift the debate over gay-marriage debate from a legal fight to a cultural and religious conflict.
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Bruno Domingos / Reuters How Gay Marriage Became a Constitutional Right
The untold story of the improbable campaign that finally tipped the U.S. Supreme Court.
