Read a Nov. 2, 2009, USA Today article about a study showing that half of all American children will live in a household that gets food stamps at some point in their childhood.

Jonathan K. Weedman is program director at the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center in Portland, Ore. He is skilled in multiple forms of counseling strategies including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing.  

Read the transcript from a Nov. 12, 2010, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly episode about Zen hospital chaplains who help patients of all faiths use Buddhist techniques to manage pain and suffering.

The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is an academic journal affiliated with Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. It was the first academic journal focused on Buddhist ethics. Daniel Cozort is general editor.

Read a May 30, 2013 Huffington Post article about religious “fundamentalism” and Oxford University’s research scientist Kathleen Taylor’s claim that it can be treated as a mental illness and cured.

Read “Mississippi’s Ambiguous ‘Personhood’ Amendment,” an Oct. 31, 2011, op-ed in The New York Times that set out some of the problems of biology and the law that Mississippi’s proposed amendment faced.

Read a Jan. 12, 2013, Christian News Network article about a unanimous ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court concerning a state law that protects children from exposure to illegal drugs. “The plain meaning of the word ‘child’ in the chemical endangerment statute includes unborn children,” the court determined.

Read a Jan. 15, 2013, Religion News Service story about the new leader for the March for Life rally and the next generation of anti-abortion activists.

Read a Jan. 17, 2013, Businessweek story, “How State Governments Are Regulating Away Abortion.”