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We picketed bishops and Popes, stole their dresses, stood up at the consecration of the Eucharist and said the words out loud. We are the bad girls of Catholic feminism, and we have stood up, over and over again, for women’s freedom.

Forty years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act, veterans of the Civil Rights era still expected that they would not live to see an African American elected to the presidency. But iconic figures like C.T. Vivian supported Obama and believed that the arc was bending toward justice.

A recent story in the New Yorker on the execution of an innocent man seldom mentions religion, though the elements are all there.

The Ombudsman for NPR responds to criticism of this week’s story on ex-gay reparative therapy.

If we read the Arab Spring as a zero-sum game between Islamists and secularists, we’re going to miss what’s happening; if we imagine Arab democracy will look like secular Western democracy, we will likely be disappointed. And if we assume reference to Islam and democracy reveals only hypocrisy, insincerity, or ideological confusion, we’re likely to be surprised.

The Beijing Opening Ceremonies had an odd way of ignoring history, politics, and the West itself…

If science and religion had learned to work together, would we be in the same position—fighting two wars while dealing with increasing water shortages, rising energy costs and a tanking economy? Probably not.

This festival, running now in NYC, is an example of the kind of border-crossing that art can inspire. Our coverage of the festival starts today.

Questions at the South Carolina candidate forum.

An antidote to Maggie Gallagher’s advice on dealing with relatives.