From the Editors
Locking up kids
Obama's budget includes more money to detain undocumented children. At the largest family detention center, the average child is age six.
Raise the gas tax
Imagine a tax increase that makes sense to liberals and conservatives, the Chamber of Commerce and unions, truckers and environmentalists.
Standing with Ahmed
We don’t have to choose between solidarity with victims of violence and with religious minorities. But the latter may be more challenging work.
Cuba’s future
U.S. churches have long sought better relations with Christians in Cuba. The political thaw will make this much easier.
Rape on campus
Attaining justice for victims of sexual assault cannot be a matter of belief or disbelief. They are individuals, not symbols of a cause.
Don't shoot
For black Americans, the abuse of power by police is not an aberration. It’s a familiar pattern.
Refugee crisis
As many as 13.6 million people have been displaced by the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. What can American Christians do?
Is compromise always good?
In politics, meeting in the middle is often a useful and necessary thing. But it isn’t itself an adequate ethical yardstick.
Care at the end
In the U.S., assisted suicide has mostly been a hard sell. But there are some clear steps to take to improve end-of-life care.
Intimate dangers
Almost a third of Protestant pastors think domestic violence is not a problem in their congregations. They're wrong.
Resisting ISIS
The question isn't how frightening ISIS is. It's what actual threat it poses—and how to contain that threat without causing more harm.
The politics of deportation
On election day, the Republicans will keep the House, the Democrats may lose the Senate, and 1,000 more immigrants will be deported.
Containing Ebola
Behind the Ebola epidemic are issues of basic health care. Combating it involves fairly basic public health measures and education.
Back in Iraq
Air strikes give the illusion of surgical intervention. But they are not unambiguous humanitarian acts.
The Yoder file
The people to whom John Howard Yoder was accountable struggled to discipline him—and failed to deal adequately with his victims' pain.
Children at the door
Instead of seeking the ability to deport Central American children faster, Obama should treat this situation as the refugee crisis it is.
Pot and public health
The "war on drugs" approach to marijuana has had major costs. But the dawning era of legal marijuana presents its own set of public health problems.
Sacrificed for what?
Sacrifice has real moral resonance—but it can also be exploited. In Iraq, past sacrifices don't offer a guide for U.S. policy.
Unoriginal sin
Readers may or may not accept Charles Hefling's reconstruction of the doctrine of original sin. But he continues the tradition of rethinking the faith in light of new knowledge, contexts, and concerns.
Fibbing about church
A new study finds that Americans say they attend religious services more than they actually do. Is this bad news for churches?