Protestors gather during a demonstration against the Republican repeal of the Affordable Care Act, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 21. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters The ...

SACRAMENTO – As a general rule in politics and public policy, I’d suggest applying one’s principles as consistently as possible. It’s hard to be taken seriously if, say, you want the feds to prosecute ...

Changing the system isn’t new. It’s been happening for centuries, in unexpected places. Eleanor Roosevelt started writing “all men are born free.” Then, Hansa Mehta, an Indian freedom fighter, changed ...

More than a third of American Jews identify with the Reform movement, making the URJ’s pledge one of the highest-profile climate actions ever taken by a Jewish organization. (JTA) — The organization ...

“The question before us is the same one that splintered the Reform movement a century ago and almost broke us. Are we truly committed to Jewish peoplehood? If so, what are our obligations flowing from ...

Today, religion is often associated with moral and even political conservatism. But, historically, the main currents of American reform and dissent were motivated by religious belief, from the ...

This spring’s elections to the World Zionist Congress, with the Israel-Hamas war still simmering, have exposed an erosion in support for a Palestinian state among the Conservative and Reform movements ...