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August 29, 2008: 2008 Campaign: Religion at the DNC
The 2008 Democratic National Convention began as no previous convention ever has -- with a prayer and worship service. The first official event here in Denver was an interfaith gathering attended by more than 3,000 people.
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August 22, 2008: 2008 Campaign: Conventions Preview
The election season moves into high gear this week with the Democratic National Convention in Denver, followed by the Republican gathering in St. Paul.
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August 15, 2008: Animal Testing Ethics
Animal research has long been controversial. The medical benefits can be significant, although not always, and opponents argue the benefits are often outweighed by the pain and suffering inflicted on the animal.
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August 8, 2008: Ethics of Health Care Rationing
Eighty-two percent of Americans said the U.S. health care system should be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt. But how to do it?
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August 1, 2008: Lambeth Report
Same-sex unions, as well as the consecration of gay bishops, are among the most contentious issues facing the worldwide Anglican Communion at the Lambeth Conference in England this week.
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July 25, 2008: Pediatric AIDS Corps
In Malawi, one out of every four children dies before reaching the age of five. Famine is chronic, and AIDS has left tens of thousands of orphans, often in the care of struggling grandparents.
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July 18, 2008: Lambeth Preview
Six-hundred-and-fifty bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion assembled in Canterbury, England this week for the Lambeth Conference, a three-week-long meeting that's held just once every decade.
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July 4, 2008: 2008 Campaign: What’s Appropriate?
Religion has played an unusually prominent -- and controversial -- role throughout this campaign season, raising the question: What are the appropriate boundaries between religion and politics?
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June 27, 2008: Political Buddhism
We have a special report today on the plight and paradox of Tibetan Buddhists. They teach nonviolence, but their demonstrations against the Chinese have sometimes become violent.
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June 20, 2008: Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon
The UN said this week that the number of refugees worldwide rose for the second year in a row. More than 11 million people were living outside their home countries as refugees in 2007, many of them forced to flee violent conflicts.
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