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Earlier this month, President Obama announced plans to make the process of reintegration into society easier for Americans who have served time behind bars. The Malta Criminal Justice Reform [...]

Zack Kopplin was still in high school when he launched a campaign to keep creationist teachings out of public school science classes in Lousiana. As he’s continued this important work, Zack has [...]

In recent years, we have seen sweeping changes in the American cultural landscape. Dr. Dennis Goldford, professor of Political Science at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa has listened closely [...]

This past week, Rev. Welton Gaddy traveled to Des Moines, Iowa to keynote a forum on religious liberty. The impetus: Freedom2015, a far-far-religious-right event across town, hosted by a preacher [...]

Since 9/11, the Muslim community has been overwhelmed by both fear and hatred from many Americans. At least some of this comes from widespread misunderstandings about the religion. Later this [...]

With presidential primary season quickly approaching, many national policy issues have taken center stage in our country. Here in Washington, Interfaith Alliance has been closely following these [...]

This past spring, the Pew Research Center released a comprehensive report, titled 2014 American Religious Landscape Study, explaining new findings that suggest an erosion in religiosity in this [...]

Finally, Welton takes a few minutes to ponder the way our electoral process seems to be drifting further and further away from the long-established, Constitutionally-based commitment to keep [...]

Time and time again the religious right promotes blatant violations of constitutional principles and one-sided demands for the right to discriminate – usually against LGBT persons and [...]

Linda K. Wertheimer is a veteran journalist and award winning education writer. She recently published her book, Faith Ed: Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance, in which she discusses [...]