Topic: Politics

  • At the central jail in Bhopal, India, the prison superintendent says a yoga program calms the jail’s atmosphere and speeds the release of inmates. More

    April 29, 2011

  • “As Muslim societies wrestle with how to treat religious minorities, let them look to our nation,” said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick this week in his congressional testimony on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims. Watch excerpts from the hearing. More

    March 30, 2011

  • Watch excerpts from the March 10 House Committee on Homeland Security hearing and from a news conference held by religious leaders. More

    March 11, 2011

  • The dean of Yale Divinity School reflects on Lent, poverty, public policy debates, and the moral obligations of people of faith. More

    March 10, 2011

  • Imam Rauf says his concern about Rep. Peter King’s hearings on American Muslims is “the impression it is giving that Muslims are de facto liabilities to homeland security” and “the perception it will raise among Muslims overseas.” More

    March 10, 2011

  • On March 10, Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to open hearings on “the radicalization of American Muslims.” Watch excerpts from a Capitol Hill briefing held in advance of the hearings. More

    March 9, 2011

  • A progressive evangelical says how you cut the deficit is a moral question. More

    March 2, 2011

  • As states wrestle over workers’ rights, union organizing, and difficult budget and deficit debates, what do religious leaders and organizations have to say? More

    February 25, 2011

  • “Faith-based organizations, as a matter of public policy, have been designated first-responder by default. But they’re being asked to do it with no resources,” according to Rev. Eugene Williams. More

    February 18, 2011

  • In his State of the Union address to the 112th Congress, President Obama spoke of America’s “common creed” and “moral example.” More

    January 28, 2011

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