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Pregnancy at Conception? Nope, Says Arizona

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2012 Gov. Jan Brewer and the Arizona Legislature performed a biological miracle Thursday when they decided that pregnancy begins at menstruation -- not the moment of conception -- in a pack of adjustments to abortion regulations that will ban most of the procedures 20 weeks after the start of a woman's last period. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War With Iran? School Prayer? Just More Republican Campaign Promises

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 9, 2011 Newt Gingrich might drag us into a war with Iran on the side of Israel. Rick Perry seems to envision the United States as a conservative Christian theocracy. No pledge is too extreme in the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.No pledge is too extreme in the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Survey: Number of Religious Lobbying Groups in D.C. Is Up Fivefold

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2011 Pew researchers discovered that the number of religious groups lobbying politicians in Washington, DC, has increased 500 percent in the past four decades, from fewer than 40 in 1970 to more than 200 today With more than 1,000 lobbyists vying for the ears of Congress members, the groups together spend more than $390 million a year (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

10 Warnings for Arab Democracies

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2011 Truthdig columnist Juan Cole has some sobering words of caution for those in the Arab world with a "once-in-a-century" shot at making their nations into thriving, functional democracies. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thou Shalt Not Place Monument

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2009 A lawsuit tinged with questions of free speech and separation of church and state ended when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Summum religious group's attempts to install a marker of its own in a Utah park that already has a Ten Commandments monument. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )