News & Commentary about Religious Liberty

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Ex-President and convicted felon Donald Trump speaks at an event in Washington, DC, June 22, 2024.

Jul 10, 2024

Supreme Court Term Ends with Win for Trump, First Amendment Rights

The justice statue in front of the Oklahoma state flag.

Jun 25, 2024

The Oklahoma Supreme Court Rejected the Nation's First Religious Public Charter School

A group of kids moving in a school hallway.

Mar 15, 2024

Why Allowing Chaplains in Public Schools Harms Students

Activist Raquel Willis speaks before a crowd of thousands at the march for Black trans lives at the Brooklyn Museum in 2020

Nov 30, 2023

How Activist Raquel Willis Found Her Voice and Power

Demonstrators perform a die-in symbolizing the amount of people dying from AIDS, Monday, August 17, 1992, in Houston. Hundreds of police and gay rights activists clashed outside the Republican National Convention Monday night as protesters sought to block a street near the Astrodome.

Oct 19, 2023

How ACT UP Changed the Face of AIDS and Activism

Middle school students raising hands to answer teacher.

Sep 5, 2023

Back-to-School Basics: Public Schools Are Not Sunday Schools

A shot of an empty corridor in a high school.

Jul 31, 2023

A Religious Public Charter School in Oklahoma? Not on Our Watch.

Jul 6, 2023

Supreme Court Term in Review: Reconciling Our Losses and Wins

Delegates gathered in the House of Delegates chamber at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. to discuss a bill on Feb. 14, 2019.

Mar 2, 2023

West Virginia Lawmakers are Pushing Public Schools to Teach Creationism

A sign advertising the groundbreaking of Abraham House of God Mosque & Cemetery, with a drawing of a mosque.

Oct 28, 2022

Religious Discrimination Persists in Zoning Proceedings, Despite Strong Legal Protections