Features
Choices and lives: The changing politics of abortion
There has been a broad and dramatic shift toward more abortion restrictions in the United States. This will almost certainly continue.
The people’s preaching class: Fred Craddock in retirement
Craddock let the word out that he would be available at no charge for preaching and teaching. Only non-seminary graduates should attend.
To give and to receive
Christmas recommendations from Century editors and columnists.
Militarized policing: The history of the warrior cop
In the 19th century, the U.S. adopted a "social peacekeeper" model of policing. Then the Civil War left behind a surplus of firearms.
From ignorance to engagement: Scott Anderson on interfaith relations in Wisconsin
"I hope the shootings in Oak Creek will lead to interfaith education around the state," says Scott Anderson, director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches. "There is a hunger for this kind of engagement."
Wary of Morsi
Is Egypt's president fighting for democracy against a military regime? Or is he trying to institute an Islamist takeover?
Seven days in Chile’s climate of fear
A report from Santiago, five months after the U.S.-backed 1973 military coup by Augusto Pinochet.