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Alex Brandon Trump’s Evangelical Advisers Could Help Him Secure a Win on Sentencing Reform
Conservative Christian leaders are a major force behind criminal-justice legislation being considered in the Senate. But black and progressive clergy see danger in allying with the president, even on this issue.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s Evangelical Allies Really Didn’t Like Jeff Sessions
The ousted attorney general managed to alienate Christians across the political spectrum, even though he’s one of their own.
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Courtesy of Felicia French National Politics Has Taken Over America
Democrats are finally investing in state-level elections. But candidates in those races face big obstacles in trying to get voters to care.
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Courtesy of the Community Day School Refusing to Put Fear at the Center of Jewish Identity
Students in Pittsburgh must grapple with the realization that there are people who hate them for their religion.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How Will Pittsburgh’s Jews Translate Tragedy Into Action?
The Jewish community disagreed about what to do when President Donald Trump came to town—and how to take action after tragedy.
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Matt Rourke / AP Pittsburgh Honors Two Brothers, ‘Gentle Giants’ of the Community
Cecil and David Rosenthal, who lived with mental disabilities, were remembered at their funeral as the best of the Jewish community.
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Ross D. Franklin / AP The Resistance Won't Win Back Arizona's Senate Seat
Centrist candidate Kyrsten Sinema could be close to becoming the state’s first Democratic senator in 20 years.
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Marc Levy / AP The Justice Department’s Investigation of Clergy Sexual Abuse Will Test the Catholic Hierarchy
A new inquiry significantly escalates the involvement of secular authorities.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal Takes Down a Cardinal
The pope has accepted the resignation of the leader of the Archdiocese of Washington. What happens next?
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Mana Rabiee / Reuters Susan Collins Gambles With the Future of Roe v. Wade
The senator said she will vote to confirm the judge in part because she thinks abortion rights in America are safe.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Stephen Breyer Is Reading Aeschylus While the Supreme Court Burns Around Him
The justice stayed far away from the Brett Kavanaugh controversy in an interview on Thursday.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Conservative Women Are Angry About Kavanaugh—And They Think Other Voters Are, Too
Local- and state-level leaders across the country say they’re ready to lash out against Democrats in the midterm elections.
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Reuters The Kavanaugh Prosecutor Is Asking a Baffling Line of Questions
Rachel Mitchell may be laying the groundwork for future investigations with her interrogation of Christine Blasey Ford.
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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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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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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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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.
