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When One Man's Crime Becomes a Community's Problem

June 9th, 2026

When one man's criminal conviction becomes a community's burden: Britain's Sikhs say they are facing collective punishment — and what does that mean for religious minorities everywhere?

Political & Religious Controversy 51 Comments

Is It Immoral to Celebrate a CEO's Murder?

December 16th, 2024

Public indifference to the United Healthcare CEO's murder has sparked widespread debate about the U.S. healthcare system and the morality of celebrating a killing. It has also spurred religious ethicists to weigh in.

Life and Death 450 Comments

Man Bursts into Church and Confesses to Cold-Case Murder

October 1st, 2018

What do you do if you've just heard the murder confession of a tormented cold-blooded killer who has managed to evade local and federal authorities for years? That was the situation faced by one Connecticut pastor recently.

Life and Death 31 Comments

"Affluenza Teen" Ethan Crouch Released from Prison

April 5th, 2018

Ethan Crouch, the Texas teen who killed four people while driving drunk back in 2013, walked free this week. His lenient sentence provoked national outrage, and the infamous “affluenza defense” was widely mocked.

Political & Religious Controversy 27 Comments

Kill 'Em All?

April 27th, 2015

For many years, lethal injection has been the preferred method of state-sanctioned executions in America's prisons, but that may not be true for long, as the ethics of that method have been called into question.

Political & Religious Controversy 109 Comments

Noah’s Ark: Moral Lesson, or Barbaric Myth?

March 17th, 2014

Many of us remember learning about the story of Noah’s Ark in Sunday school. Most likely, we learned from our parents and Sunday school teachers about God’s overflowing capacity for redemption and forgiveness.

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