The suicide of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi highlighted the possible role of religious groups in instilling negative views about homosexuals.
The victory was the first time in decades that a sitting vice president on the ballot did not win the election for president.
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston told Irish Catholics he came “to listen to your pain, your anger, but also your hopes and aspirations.”
The Nobel Peace Prize-winner met thousands of supporters outside her home and repeated her message of democratic freedoms for Burma.
Asia Bibi became the first Christian woman ever condemned to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
A new report from the Truth Commission on Conscience in War calls for the U.S. military to allow for “selective conscientious objection.”