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U.S. churches enjoy tax-exempt status for a variety of reasons. One is that they don’t make official political endorsements. But now the IRS says they can.

In 1987, the Salt Lake Trappers were an unaffiliated rookie league team at the very bottom of the ranks. By the end of their season, they had earned a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the longest winning streak in the sport’s history. Thirty-eight years later, that record is still unbroken.

Do you find yourself struggling in conversations? Fear not. There’s actually science to help you get better at the art of talking with other people.

In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, John Williams, a wilderness survival trainer from Utah, embarked on a dangerous mission to infiltrate American militias. Posing as an ally, Williams spent years undercover within groups like the Oath Keepers.

In 1974, a group of students organized a new project to discuss what Mormonism meant to them — a magazine called Sunstone. The magazine’s goal was to “raise the questions, pursue the discussions, and bear the witness worthy of a living faith that is both intellectually vigorous and spiritually discerning.”

Multilevel marketing is something of an American tradition. A new book tells the story of the money-making schemes that continue to ensnare people today.

Sundance is leaving Park City for Boulder, Colorado. We’re processing the breakup and asking what all jilted partners do: Was it something we did?

The evidence is clear that Jesus of Nazareth was a real, historical person. But beyond that, says the scholar Elaine Pagels, there are more questions than answers about what kind of person Jesus was and what can be known about his life.

The author Katherine Rundell didn’t believe in love at first sight — until she met a pangolin. The encounter with the anteater-like creature made her curious about other endangered animals, and now, she wants us to notice more of these exquisite creatures.

Mary Beard is an expert on the Roman Empire, and her latest book is about the rulers who presided over it — 30 emperors in nearly three centuries.