From the Editors
Emissions control
Going into the Paris climate summit, many nations remain sketchy about their commitments. But several things are new since the Kyoto Protocol.
Smart about guns
President Obama is furious that legislators lack the will to address gun violence. But there are steps he could take without them.
The best politics is local
Americans tend to have a romanticized, inflated sense of the White House and its power. In domestic affairs, most of the power is elsewhere.
Unmoved
The state killed Kelly Gissendaner despite the evidence of a changed life. This points to a desire for retribution rather than reformation.
Bible as common ground
At a moment when the spotlight shines on those who say the most outrageous things, it's worth noting Bernie Sanders's approach at Liberty.
Loving the refugee
The wrenching dislocations of World War II were often pitilessly ignored by the world. What story will be told of our time, and of us?
What religious freedom isn’t
Free exercise is a basic right and a great asset to the American religious landscape. Yet some of its advocates seem eager to give it a bad name.
Dealing with Iran
In a forceful speech, President Obama laid out in a few words the best argument for the deal with Iran: there is "no plausible alternative."
Action plan
Most white people now say race relations are bad and getting worse. Black people overwhelmingly agree. Will we stop talking and do something?
Talk about the end
Most Americans say they want to discuss end-of-life treatment with their doctors. Yet few seriously ill patients ever actually do.
Racism without intent
Amid the chorus of Facebook likes and rainbow images, it was easy to overlook a third critical SCOTUS ruling.
Local transformations
We need more than a national conversation about race and policing. We need spiritual and political change at the local level.
Testing, testing
This has been the spring of discontent over standardized testing. Unfortunately, this has been closely tied to resistance to the Common Core standards.
Counting the faithful
One practical lesson of the Pew report is the crucial need for mainliners to focus on passing the faith on to the next generation.
Brutalized in Baltimore
By the time of Freddie Gray's arrest, his part of town was already awash in legitimate grievances against the police.
We’re all Californians
No rain in California is a disaster for all of us. But the drought, now entering its fourth year, is also an opportunity.
Religious rights and wrongs
When what's at stake is a commercial transaction, it makes sense for a religious freedom claim to be trumped by the commitment to treat people equally.
Threat to affordable care
The ACA is no longer just an idea. It is how millions of people access health care—and the Supreme Court stands poised to gut it.
Still targeted
Is anti-Semitism on the rise? It's hard to quantify, and data vary across regions. But a vicious anti-Semitism persists in Europe and the Middle East.
Martyrs
ISIS’s primary targets remain Muslims it views as apostate. But a new generation of Christian martyrs is arising as well.