An Army veteran, a recent college graduate and a student who once won a poetry contest by condemning prejudice stirred […]
Two Men Who Died Standing Up to Anti-Muslim Attack In Portland Hailed as Heroes
Crime and Courts
Popular Public School Bible Class In West Virginia Faces Legal Challenge
Gym is Trenton Tolliver’s favorite class. But the 7-year-old is also a huge fan of the weekly Bible course at […]
Arkansas Executions Bring Death Penalty Fight to the Fore
Prejean’s work opposing capital punishment was captured in her book and film Dead Man Walking, and now she’s speaking out […]
Supreme Court, With Justice Neil Gorsuch on Bench, Set to Hear Church-State Case
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s first week on the Supreme Court bench features an important case about the separation of church and […]
Why Religious Freedom Was Important to Republicans and Democrats In Gorsuch’s Confirmation Hearing
Republicans and Democrats had competing motives for bringing up religious freedom during last week’s confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s […]
As Confirmation Hearings Begin, a Look at Neil Gorsuch’s ‘Complicated’ Religion
Earlier this month, the Trump administration summoned two dozen religious leaders to a private meeting. The mission: to rally support […]
After Shooting 9 People at Charleston’s Emanuel AME, Roof Went Toward 2nd Black Church
The man convicted of killing nine worshippers during Bible study at a black church in 2015 drove toward a second […]
Photo Shows Trump and Pence Praying With Gorsuch After His SCOTUS Nomination Announcement
President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, along with a few of their family members, as well as Maureen Scalia, […]
Faith Facts About SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch: He Attends a Pretty Liberal Church and Would Be the First Protestant on the Court Since 2010
The day after Donald Trump was elected president, the Rev. Susan Springer wrote to her congregation that they should strive […]
Marchers Carry Crosses In Memory of Chicago Murder Victims
Shara Funches’ eyes scanned the rows of crosses set up on the sidewalk just north of the Chicago River on […]
2016 Saw Major Decline In Death Penalty Use
The year 2016 marked a major decline in the number of executions and sentences to capital punishment in the United […]
Chicago Priest Puts a “Bounty” on Heads of Killers Amid City’s Surge In Violence
While reporting on Chicago’s surge in violence, 60 Minutes producers meet a priest who isn’t waiting for a savior to […]
Dylann Roof Conviction Adds to Charleston’s Knotted Mix of Race, Grace, and Injustice
In the summer of 1822, Denmark Vesey planned to destroy Charleston, S.C.
Religious Freedom Doesn’t Protect Child Abuse
An Indiana woman’s claim that she beat her son because of her faith is unlikely to succeed in court, but […]
After Supreme Court Rejects Stormans Case, Pharmacists Have to Sell Emergency Contraception Even In Violation of Their Religious Beliefs
The Supreme Court declined to hear a major religious-freedom case on Tuesday, showing how much things have changed since Hobby […]
Supreme Court Sends Obamacare Contraceptive Case Back to Lower Courts
The ideologically deadlocked Supreme Court on Monday failed to resolve a major case involving the Obamacare law’s mandatory birth control […]
Merrick Garland’s Record on Religious Freedom
Some of the most hotly contested issues that come in front of the Supreme Court are based in religion. Our […]
Supreme Court Agrees to Settle Dispute Between Obama Administration and Religious Non-Profits Over Birth Control Insurance Mandate
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to settle a widespread dispute between the Obama administration and religious non-profits over insurance coverage for […]