Department of State

The State Department issued its annual country reports on human rights March 11, highlighting abuses in China, Myanmar, Vietnam and other nations during a press briefing that day.

President Donald Trump on March 15 called on people to stop hoarding groceries and other supplies as one of the nation's most senior public health officials urged Americans to act with more urgency to protect themselves and others against the coronavirus.

As anti-Muslim violence continues in India, the city of Albany, New York, has become the third U.S. city to pass a resolution denouncing the far-right Indian government's changes to citizenship laws that have drawn international condemnations alleging anti-Muslim bias.

The Trump administration announced Jan. 31 that it was curbing legal immigration from six additional countries that officials said did not meet security standards, as part of an election-year push to further restrict immigration.

George Packer's portrait of the legendary diplomat and ambassador is fueled by extensive research as well as a "friend's" personal knowledge, putting it on the cutting edge of the new modern biography. 

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose funding runs out on December  21, could be reauthorized by week's end if Congress passes an omnibus bill that includes a section recommending it stay in business.

Christians concerned with religious freedom violations resulting from the Turkish military offensive on northeastern Syria are urging U.S. President Donald Trump to "reconsider and reverse" his Oct. 6 decision to move American troops out of the way of a Turkish incursion.

We say: We are a nation that came into existence by way of words in documents that are experiencing some of the most strenuous tests in our history. It is our obligation to uphold our principles.