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December 30th, 2021
A North Carolina sheriff says he's being targeted politically after an atheist activist group told him to remove a Bible quote from station walls. Is it freedom of religion, or a flagrant Constitutional violation?
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November 17th, 2020
In a change several years in the making, the NYPD will now no longer require Muslim women who've been arrested to remove their hijab for their mugshot. Advocates say it's a win-win for policing and religious freedom.
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November 8th, 2019
A Florida Sheriff’s Department is facing backlash after proudly announcing it will be stamping the words "In God We Trust" on the back of all its police cars to make them more "patriotic," but atheists aren't buying it.
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August 2nd, 2019
“Thou shall not utter the Lord’s name in vain” is one thing, but what are the rules for erasing it entirely? That’s the question faced by a South Carolina city that’s still trying to recover from a controversy.
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February 8th, 2019
America's first all-Muslim, all-volunteer community police force is up and running in New York CIty, but some residents aren't happy about the development. Are they right to be concerned?
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August 10th, 2018
A Virginia mother is speaking out after her son's funeral was interrupted by police, who raided the church and arrested her son's best friend before he could give a eulogy. Should the cops have been more respectful to the deceased?
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September 15th, 2017
The world’s major religions don’t agree on everything, but there is general consensus on certain core principles. Among them: thou shalt not steal. It’s a fairly straightforward concept: don’t take what’s not yours. However, police don't have to follow these rules.
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August 30th, 2017
Leaders of a paramilitary religious group based in New Mexico have been arrested on a set of sinister criminal charges. The group, known as the “Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps”, allegedly sanctioned sexual abuse of minors living in the sec
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August 24th, 2017
Drug dealers are not exactly model citizens, but do they deserve to die? In the Philippines, the answer is a resounding “yes”. Upon taking office, the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, instituted a uniquely violent strategy to combat the country’s
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