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What’s the connection between feminism and the war on terror? How do indigenous activists use US influence to effect change in their own governments? Why was George H.W. Bush nicknamed “rubbers”? The author of a new book on reproductive rights in the global context answers these questions and then some.

When it comes to the Vatican’s crackdown on women religious, I believe it’s time to declare that for the purpose of this struggle: we are all nuns.

An exhibit now at the New York Institute of Technology features the designs of theoretical architect Jonathan Block Friedman.

“There are some among you,” the pope wrote, “who conceive of and desire a Church in America different from that which is in the rest of the world.” Apparently unconcerned that on this side of the ocean the word might have a more positive ring than he intended, he used the name by which this heresy had become known in Europe: Americanism.

Efforts by the hierarchical institution to spin the current controversy as a matter of religious liberty are unconvincing. After all, it is not the Catholic Church whose liberty is impinged upon. Members, even bishops, can still teach and believe what they wish. No one forces them to use contraception. Rather, it is employees of Catholic institutions, including janitors and housekeepers, whose rights to make their own decisions about health care are impinged upon. Blaming the victim is an old trick, but, in this case, few people are buying it.

They’re more than just a “pool” of warm bodies.

Is the religious right stawlart making a play for pro-life Democrats?

At Conservative Political Action Conference, Focus shows how the Tebow ad is its new evangelism.

Once a major factor in shaping the modern calendar, Easter has fallen in significance, to put it mildly, which is another reason I think it’s tops. I tend to like underdogs and faded glory. I live in Baltimore.

Defendant on trial for murder of Dr. George Tiller says his religious beliefs justified his actions. (Updated below with jury’s verdict.)