Tag: Religious freedom
Washington state settles controversy over child abuse law that tested the...
Ann M. Murphy, Gonzaga University
For months, a Washington state bill generated controversy over two critical interests: protecting children...
Conflict at the drugstore: When pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide
Elizabeth Chiarello, Washington University in St. Louis
Imagine walking into your pharmacy, handing over your prescription and having it...
3 states push to put the Ten Commandments back in school...
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
As disputes rage on over religion’s place in public schools, the Ten Commandments...
Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious
Brendan Szendro, McGill University
The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their...
‘He just vanished’ − missing activists highlight Tajikistan’s disturbing use of...
Steve Swerdlow, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
“He just vanished; left his apartment for a...
Louisiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ law tests limits of religion in...
Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University
When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to...
French schools’ ban on abayas and headscarves is supposedly about secularism...
Carol Ferrara, Emerson College
France’s decision to ban public school students from wearing the abaya – a long dress...
Oklahoma OKs the nation’s first religious charter school – but litigation...
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
