Each week, we’ll be covering how faith shapes our politics, culture and society — and how it’s appearing in new forms.

Both the United States and India are democracies built on the rule of law, but their legal systems evolved in very different ways. The U.S. emphasizes individual rights and jury trials, while India ...

How old is your food? Before food was a choice, it was a necessity — the bare minimum only eaten and endured in order to ...

American conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death is tragic, but the legitimisation of his politics reveals how democracies ...

The gloomsters are back, along with their world-historical bugbear — the decline of the west. Shortly after entering office, US vice-president JD Vance warned in March that without a clampdown on ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities gave the conservative Jewish think tank and education center the grant to fight antisemitism.

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts ...

Immigrants aren’t more religious than those born in the U.S., but they are making American faith communities more diverse.

Mississippi is the most "overall religious" state, according to Pew's map, with 50 percent of adults who are "highly religious," followed by South Carolina with 46 percent of "highly religious" adults ...

The good news is, Americans are increasingly vocal about religion’s vital role in society. From everyday citizens to my fellow attorneys general across this country, a united front is forming to ...

Culture isn’t just what we do — it’s why we do it. From ancient rituals to modern traditions, this exploration dives into the roots of human culture. Learn how geography, history, religion, and ...

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