From the Editors
Brutalized in Baltimore
By the time of Freddie Gray's arrest, his part of town was already awash in legitimate grievances against the police.
We’re all Californians
No rain in California is a disaster for all of us. But the drought, now entering its fourth year, is also an opportunity.
Religious rights and wrongs
When what's at stake is a commercial transaction, it makes sense for a religious freedom claim to be trumped by the commitment to treat people equally.
Threat to affordable care
The ACA is no longer just an idea. It is how millions of people access health care—and the Supreme Court stands poised to gut it.
Still targeted
Is anti-Semitism on the rise? It's hard to quantify, and data vary across regions. But a vicious anti-Semitism persists in Europe and the Middle East.
Martyrs
ISIS’s primary targets remain Muslims it views as apostate. But a new generation of Christian martyrs is arising as well.
Locking up kids
Obama's budget includes more money to detain undocumented children. At the largest family detention center, the average child is age six.
Raise the gas tax
Imagine a tax increase that makes sense to liberals and conservatives, the Chamber of Commerce and unions, truckers and environmentalists.
Standing with Ahmed
We don’t have to choose between solidarity with victims of violence and with religious minorities. But the latter may be more challenging work.
Cuba’s future
U.S. churches have long sought better relations with Christians in Cuba. The political thaw will make this much easier.
Rape on campus
Attaining justice for victims of sexual assault cannot be a matter of belief or disbelief. They are individuals, not symbols of a cause.
Don't shoot
For black Americans, the abuse of power by police is not an aberration. It’s a familiar pattern.
Refugee crisis
As many as 13.6 million people have been displaced by the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. What can American Christians do?
Is compromise always good?
In politics, meeting in the middle is often a useful and necessary thing. But it isn’t itself an adequate ethical yardstick.
Care at the end
In the U.S., assisted suicide has mostly been a hard sell. But there are some clear steps to take to improve end-of-life care.
Intimate dangers
Almost a third of Protestant pastors think domestic violence is not a problem in their congregations. They're wrong.
Resisting ISIS
The question isn't how frightening ISIS is. It's what actual threat it poses—and how to contain that threat without causing more harm.
The politics of deportation
On election day, the Republicans will keep the House, the Democrats may lose the Senate, and 1,000 more immigrants will be deported.
Containing Ebola
Behind the Ebola epidemic are issues of basic health care. Combating it involves fairly basic public health measures and education.
Back in Iraq
Air strikes give the illusion of surgical intervention. But they are not unambiguous humanitarian acts.