In ancient Rome, hope was venerated as a minor goddess, Spes, but usually on a communal, national level. Politically, Spes ...

In May 2025, the Supreme Court handed down a 4–4 split decision in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond. That deadlock left intact a ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court that denied ...

The U.S. Supreme Court directed a lower court to review the ban, which applies to strict vaccine requirements in New York schools. By Joseph Goldstein The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Monday that it ...

The West Virginia Board of Education reinstated its school vaccination policy after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that allowed parents to cite religious beliefs to opt out of ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...

Students are wrapping up their semesters and slowly lapsing into holiday mode. But, as some families come together to celebrate federal and state-recognized holidays, others participate in religious ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — Students in University of Iowa professor Jay Holstein’s courses knew not to sit in the aisle ...

BRITTANY JOHNSON BROKE THIS STORY. SHE’S HERE NOW WITH HOW THIS WHOLE THING UNRAVELED. BRITTANY MARIA ED. PROSECUTORS SAY THE SUSPECT WAS PEDDLING LOVE AND LIES ON A CHRISTIAN DATING SITE. AND IT COST ...

Ask anyone what they think keeps a relationship strong, and they will probably tell you it's love. There's some truth to that: love is what draws us together in the first place. But after years of ...

You won’t find professor Mark Roseman on the frontlines of any campus protests or posting his unfiltered political thoughts on social media. His current project, a four-volume history of the Holocaust ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient religious practice in northern Israel in addition to a wine press dating back roughly 5,000 years — one of the oldest ever uncovered in the ...