A former top executive for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. tells NPR he left his job because of relentlessly harsh depictions of Muslims and immigrants in Murdoch's media properties, especially Fox News.
Since Holocaust survivors are getting older and their stories are fading away, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is putting curators in regions where survivors live to preserve their memories.
The depth of Margaret Leslie Davis' research on the tome's history cannot be understated — her writing is straightforward and, at times, heartbreaking, but outstanding reporting lies at the core.
After the New Zealand terrorist attacks, mental health professionals are asking: What does persistent trauma do to a generation of young Muslims growing up in the midst of it all?
Facebook had given online advertisers tools to exclude which users could view the ads on the basis of race, gender and other federally protected characteristics. Now Facebook is changing that.
A #NunsToo movement has emerged from #MeToo, as Roman Catholic nuns start speaking out about sexual abuse by priests. Cases of rape and forced abortion have begun coming to light.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with a multinational group of Muslims to get their reaction to the shootings in New Zealand: Tahir Nawaz, Mohamed Labidi, Mona Eltahawy, and Johari Abdul-Malik.
More than half the new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. are in Southern states, where the rates among gay and bisexual black men remain stubbornly high, despite the existence of medicine to stop the virus.
American Muslims are talking about where to stand and pray in their own mosques in case what happened in New Zealand were to happen here. They're also thinking about how to talk to their children.
On Friday, Muslim-Americans urged political leaders and tech companies to confront the spread of hate and racism that has led to scores of worshippers being slaughtered in religious institutions.
David Greene talks to Jonathan Greenblatt, the director of the Anti-Defamation League, which fights bigotry, about the attack at two mosques in New Zealand, which killed at least 49 people.
Australian Cardinal George Pell on Wednesday was sentenced to six years in prison — making him the most senior Catholic official to be found guilty in a criminal court of child molestation.
He had been convicted of sexually abusing two choir boys in Melbourne, Australia, two decades ago. He is 77 and will be eliglble for parole in three years and eight months.
Ordained Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor says that teaching the different religions of the world changed her students' understanding of faith — as well as her own.
The resolution was the product of tense internal deliberation among House Democrats, who were divided over how to confront a new round of allegations of anti-Semitism against Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
Constituents of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., voice concern over recent controversial comments. The House will vote Thursday on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. It's historically a time of repentance. But more and more, churches are also using it to reflect on mortality itself.
More than 100 notices have been sent to reporters and media organizations for breaching a judge's suppression order in the trial of Australian Cardinal George Pell.
The Supreme Court seems inclined to let a 40-foot cross on public land — which is a World War I memorial — stand. But, justices struggled to clarify issues around the separation of church and state.
