4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (938+ words) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has taken two actions that could alter conservation policy and potentially affect wildlife and ecosystems across large areas of the United States. Starting with the wolves, conservation involves considerably more than the animals’ legal status. Habitat…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (687+ words) PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that courts resolving disputes between parents over a child’s religious upbringing may apply the ordinary “best interest of the child” standard without subjecting the decision to strict constitutional scrutiny. In Emily…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1040+ words) When the Christian-themed camp Shift the Atmosphere was evicted from Burning Man last week, members of the camp quickly framed the episode as a question of religious discrimination. They argued that they had come to share the Gospel and were…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (435+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers have approved legislation establishing new protections for the religious and spiritual practices of California Native American tribes on state-owned lands. State Flag of California [Public Domain] The measure provides additional protections when state actions could physically…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (553+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Jewish couple who say they were denied the opportunity to foster a child because of their religion are asking a Tennessee court to rule that the state’s funding of religiously affiliated foster-care agencies violates protections for religious…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (780+ words) What is America, really? Are these United States really 50 states united around a common purpose and striving for the common good? Increasingly, it seems like we’re a fractured mirror reflecting conflicting self-mythologizing as the old understandings and agreements are revealed…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (788+ words) WASHINGTON — In October 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Brittany Panuccio as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), restoring the agency’s quorum and giving commissioners aligned with the Trump administration a working majority. Panuccio’s appointment enables the EEOC to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (687+ words) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps has begun implementing the Pentagon’s revised religious affiliation system, directing Marines to review their religious designation and select from the new list of affiliation codes by September 30. The administrative message, issued last week, marks a…...