Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...

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Images of artwork created by a disgraced celebrity cleric accused of serial sexual and other abuse have disappeared from ...

Antisemitic violence in Boulder, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania highlights our ongoing struggle with hatred toward Jews.

Lina Qasem Hassan treated victims of October 7th. She also publicly condemned the war in Gaza—a stance that imperilled her ...

Even if you stipulate that DEI went too far, what’s now happening at the departments of Defense and State should worry you.

When I deconstructed my evangelical faith, I felt isolated, disillusioned, and hopeless. Now, as I experience a resurgence of ...

In the days since Rep. Dan Newhouse’s May 22 vote to approve the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” many of his 4th ...

Allison Suarez, Cape Coral In the June 4th Letters to the Editor, a letter writer stated that "a majority of people who want to protect their children from a drag show." I'm curious about the use of ...

Ghanaian actor Nana Yeboah has challenged Evangelist Mama Pat, aka Nana Agradaa's ability to pastor her church in Ghana. He ...

When Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, noted that President Donald Trump was being “far more aggressive” in his campaign against Harvard than he’s been against “a Russian ...