Worker justice in Bangladesh’s garment industry in the wake of the deadly April factory collapse; Inner City Muslim Action Network in Chicago and its mission of social justice; and Heartbeat, a band of young Israeli and Palestinian musicians More →

July 3, 2013

Same-sex marriage prevails; religious activists regroup; affirmative action and voting rights upended; massive art installation on National Mall symbolizes genocide More →

June 28, 2013

Supreme Court decision on affirmative action; historian Taylor Branch on 1963 civil rights events; and relying on jails and prisons to care for the mentally ill. More →

June 21, 2013

The morality of balancing national security and privacy rights; the new president of the SBC’s office of public policy issues; and bridging divides between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. More →

June 14, 2013

We revisit our stories about popular Christian evangelical author and speaker Joni Eareckson Tada and the role of faith in her battle with breast cancer; mass incarcerations in the U.S. and the challenges facing prison ministries; and the origin and meaning of whirling dervishes in Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam. More →

June 7, 2013

We revisit our stories on Catholic priest and scholar Andrew Greeley, who died earlier this week; the working conditions and labor standards in Cambodia’s garment industry; and the work of The Mission Continues, a nonprofit organization that provides military veterans opportunities to serve their communities. More →

May 31, 2013

We talk with Grammy-Award-winning artist Bobby McFerrin about his Christian faith, his music, and his new album “spirityouall.” We also travel to Thailand to ask if Buddhism is giving way to consumerism and materialism as the country modernizes and prospers. More →

May 24, 2013

The Boy Scouts of America vote on their longstanding gay ban; the city of Baltimore feels the effects of sequestration; a former White House press secretary graduates from a Methodist theological seminary and says he wants to fix Washington’s broken politics; and a Sikh community in northern Virginia teaches parents and children how to wrap a turban. More →

May 17, 2013

We look at the challenges facing those who decide to leave the confines of the tight-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and we visit a program in San Quentin prison that helps inmates deal with the emotional pain at the root of their criminal behavior through meditation and contemplation. More →

May 10, 2013

What US Muslims can do to stop extremism; Iraqi refugees resettling in San Diego and the groups who are helping them adjust to life in America; and a former Microsoft executive who founded a nonprofit called Room to Read. More →

May 3, 2013