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But what about feeding the hungry or housing the homeless? Not on the agenda.

The Vatican will be assessing the status of communities of women religious, but the apostolic visitor is the superior general of a conservative, habited order. What does this mean?

In the race to define race, the issue for modern science is bound up in a paradoxical reality: while most scientists believe race is a social construct, over 10,000 articles have been published in the past 5 years on the role of race in disease. What can Obama do?

Religious right boycotters have a new product to avoid along with Charmin toilet paper, Tide detergent, Pampers, Bounty paper towels, Duracell batteries, Mallomars (oh, the torture!), Oscar Mayer hot dogs, Nilla wafers, and Big Macs…

Fundamentalist Mormons are in the news again, in Canada, where two men are being tried for polygamy. But what if it were legal? Women might benefit.

Intellectual and philosophical encouragement for America’s largest and most invisible minority: atheists, agnostics, secularists, and the undecided.

Sure it was nice that Obama gave a shout out to nonbelievers, but the president’s actions during the campaign give pause to the nation’s atheists and agnostics.

When is an apology not an apology? When it’s just part of a public relations campaign.

The disgraced pastor is in the spotlight again, apologizing for past misdeeds. But we should not allow the focus to remain on his personal failings; it’s his politics and worldview that need to be challenged.