Amid unprecedented protests, Russia’s Putin courts supporters with raft of promises

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged $118 million for rebuilding places of worship and state funding for religious schools, the latest in a series of campaign promises before next month’s presidential vote.

News Wrap: Boehner Calls Contraception Mandate 'Attack on Religious Freedom'

Watch Video | Listen to the Audio HARI SREENIVASAN: Republicans stepped up the pressure on President Obama today over a mandate that religious schools and hospitals provide birth control for employees. The provision has spawned a political storm, with Catholic leaders and others saying they would have to violate their own teachings against contraception. On the House floor today, Speaker John ...

Boehner vows Congress will reverse Obama birth control policy

Congress this week plunged into fray over new Obama administration rules that will require religious employers to offer birth control in their health-insurance programs, even if contraception runs afoul of their religious doctrines. 

Amid protests, Putin reaches out to his core supporters

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged $118 million for rebuilding places of worship and state funding for religious schools, the latest in a series of campaign promises before next month’s presidential vote.

Get the Church Out of America’s Kindergartens: Katherine Stewart

A radical religious ideology is rapidly gaining momentum in America’s public elementary schools. Largely unbeknownst to parents, and poorly understood by school administrators, conservative groups within the evangelical Christian movement are carrying out an organized campaign to capture the hearts and minds of children and subvert the separation of church and state.