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Food moves from a storehouse into community hands, showing soft power through humanitarian work, local trust, and shared effort.

The Quiet Multiplier

Morgan Anderson
The Church’s humanitarian influence grows not through control, but through trusted partnerships that multiply relief.
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Why Bother Engaging with Stupid, Duped, or Evil People?

Charles Randall Paul
This is the sixth in a series by Arthur Peña, Charles Randall Paul, and Jacob Hess called “Inevitable Influencers: Why (deep down) we all want—and need—to persuade each other of what we see as good, beautiful, and true." Previous pieces include “Why Persuasion Should be a Sweet (Not a Dirty) Word”; “The Threat of Persuasion,” and “My Truth? Your Truth? No Truth?”; “The Virtues of Strong Disagreement,” and “Our Judgment Against Judgment.”

Latter-day Saints and the problem of “performative objectivity”

C.D. Cunningham
McKay Coppins’ recent Atlantic feature on the church noted a tension among Latter-day Saints trying to authentically live their faith while fitting into a culture that rejects them. Should we expect Latter-day Saint historians to be able to avoid that same challenge?

Abortion, the Courts, and Compromise

Paul Dooris
When we stop depending on legislatures as the place Americans can hash out their disagreements, it should perhaps not surprise us when court mandates don’t effectively fill the gap.
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C.D. Cunningham
The Church Is More Than A Charity

Humanitarian work matters, but worship is what sustains the conviction, discipline, and devotion that keep it alive.

Anna Bryner
Clarifying the Supreme Court’s Conversion Therapy Ruling

The Supreme Court did not broadly approve conversion therapy; it protected client self-determination in therapy.

Amanda Freebairn
The Trouble with Garment Talk

Women’s experiences with garments are diverse—shaped by faith, family culture, and life stage rather than one simple story.

Jacob Z. Hess
What Life Patterns Protect Against Sexual Violence?

Research points to ten life patterns that reduce vulnerability and help protect women from sexual violence.

Dan Ellsworth
The Most Corrosive Claim in American Politics: “Everything You’ve Been Told Is Wrong”

Does anti-elite media sharpen or shatter judgment? Extremist talking heads destabilize reality and easing moral inversion.

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