Law
Excerpt
Paradise Lust: The Lawyer Who Found Eden along the Florida Panhandle
On Elvy Edison Callaway’s hand-drawn map of northwest Florida, the Jim Woodruff Dam over the Apalachicola River looks like the narrow wrist of a giant …
By Brook Wilensky-Lanford
Essay
For American Muslims, Everything Did Not Change After 9/11
“Everything changed after 9/11.” This political mantra has become part of our national life. It is invoked to explain war-making in foreign lands, the creation …
By Edward E. Curtis IV
Review
When the Court Took on Prayer and the Bible in Public Schools
The Bible, the School, and the Constitution: The Clash That Shaped Modern Church-State Doctrine By Steven K. Green Oxford University Press, 2012 Today marks the 50th anniversary …
By Michael D. Waggoner
The States Project
California: A Dreamer Walks With Cesar Chavez
A Dreamer Walks With Cesar Chavez.
By Luis D. León
Excerpt
The Myth of the Black Church
My earliest ideas about African American religion and political struggle come from my first public memories as a child of the South of the late 1950s and 1960s.
By Barbara Dianne Savage
The States Project
Wisconsin: A Political Scientist Surveys the Recall Election
A Political Scientist Surveys the Recall Election.
By Christopher B. Chapp
The Table
Let’s Remember History, When Religious Institutions Welcomed Government Support
It is commonplace to complain about government mismanagement of welfare and social reform, and to speak wistfully of days when religious institutions did much better. …
By Alison Collis Greene
The Table
Government Is Not the Enemy, Nor the Only Answer
Last December, the Gallup organization published the results of a poll about what Americans think “will be the greatest threat to the country in the …
By Joel C. Hunter
The Table
Churches Need Strong Federal Programs to Help the Vulnerable
Our government has a responsibility to address issues that impact people in need. As Christians, the Bible tells us to, “Speak out for those who …
By David Beckmann
The Table
When It Comes to Complex Needs, Government Can’t Provide What Matters Most
When Kenny’s mother caught him selling marijuana at age 14, she flushed the drugs and kept the roll of cash hidden in his jacket. That …
By Jedd Medefind