Tag: Religious freedom
Why Native Americans struggle to protect their sacred places
Rosalyn R. LaPier, The University of Montana
Forty years ago the U.S. Congress passed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act so that Native Americans could...
Why the Supreme Court’s ‘gay wedding cake’ ruling won’t resolve religious...
David Mislin, Temple University
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its long-anticipated ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. In a 7-2...
The messy reality of religious liberty in America
David Mislin, Temple University
On Dec. 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court will again tackle the contentious issue of religious freedom, when it hears oral...
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war
Robert Muggah, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
The expression “evangelical drug trafficker” may sound incongruous, but in Rio de Janeiro, it’s...
A philosopher argues why no one has the right to refuse...
Mark R Reiff, University of California, Davis
Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that gay people have the right to marry,...
Supreme Court justices in the pews and on the bench –...
Steven K. Green, Willamette University
On Jan. 31, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals...
Trump’s vow to ‘destroy’ Johnson Amendment could wreak havoc on charitable...
Philip Hackney, Louisiana State University and Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
President Donald Trump recently pledged to “destroy” the Johnson Amendment, a 63-year-old...
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...
