On Faith

Catholic clergy attends the Washing of the Feet ceremony during the Easter Holy Week inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Is the church a dysfunctional family?

A small group of very conservative bishops has hijacked the public voice of the church, while a much larger group of more moderate bishops has stayed mostly silent over government insistence that contraception be covered by health care insurance.

In this combo made from file photos, President Barack Obama, speaks at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, on April 25, 2012, left, and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop in Wilmington, Del. on April 10, 2012. The Associated Press is looking at the positions that President Obama and Romney have taken on small business issues.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Evan Vucci, File)

Obama and Romney offer differing views of God

With Occupy protests this weekend at the G-8 and NATO summits, it’s clear President Obama and Mitt Romney view God and inequality differently.

Washington, DC - April, 29: Evangelist Joel Osteen, right, and wife Victoria, arrive at the park as he brings his revival show to Nationals Park on April, 29, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)

‘A nation of Osteens and Obamas’

Can we overcome the very American temptation to make God in our own image?

This image provided by HarperCollins shows the book cover of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' by Maurice Sendak. Sendak died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/HarperCollins)

In North Carolina after Amendment One, ‘Let the wild rumpus start’

After voters approve Amendment One, the gay grandson of Oral Roberts says the Bible is not clear on gay marriage.

Higher Education

College Word of the Year Contest

What did college newspapers write about this year?

VP Biden commencement speech to ‘9/11 generation’ at West Point

Here’s the complete text of Vice President Joe Biden’s speech at commencement ceremonies on Saturday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Reynolds saved U-Va. nearly $1 billion

The university’s vice president Yoke San Reynolds taught the university how to borrow more cheaply and save more wisely.

Health & Science

Minister reflects on aging and dying

HANDOUT PHOTO: Joan Campbell Brown

The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, former head of top religious groups, talks about aging, dying and working.

Beauty unfolds as young woman emerges from nursing home

She entered a nursing home at age 34. She emerged with a new appreciation for the beauty of the world.

Space station astronauts enter the Dragon

SpaceX capsule brings supplies, hope for more commercial ventures

National Education

High-stakes testing protests spread

Opposition to high-stakes standardized testing is growing around the country, with more parents choosing to opt their children out of taking exams, more school boards expressing disapproval of testing accountability systems and even a group of superintendents joining the fight.

Is teaching a science or an art?

Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham delves into the true nature of teaching and, in the video below, answers the question: “Is teaching a science or an art?”

A high school student tutors fourth graders in a Maryland elementary school.

Maryland wins ‘No Child’ waiver

Virginia and D.C.’s similar requests to ease the law’s achievement requirements were denied.

Innovations

The Facebook logo appears on a display inside the NASDAQ Marketsite in Times Square Thursday, May 17, 2012, in New York. Facebook priced its IPO at $38 per share on Thursday, at the high end of its expected range. If extra shares reserved to cover additional demand are sold as part of the transaction, Facebook Inc. and its early investors stand to reap as much as $18.4 billion from the IPO. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Facebook and the tilted playing field

If there was any doubt that Wall Street is a sucker’s game, Facebook’s initial public offering should clear that up.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg waits for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda before a meeting at the official residence in Tokyo in this file photo taken March 29, 2012.  Facebook, founded eight years ago by Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room, said on Wednesday it will add about 84 million shares to its IPO, floating about 421 million shares in an offering expected to be priced on Thursday.   REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/Files  (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS)

What if Zuckerberg had an MBA?

How would the Facebook IPO have gone down if Mark Zuckerberg had an MBA?

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 01:  A financial professional uses a touch screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange near the end of the trading day September 1, 2010 in New York City.  Markets rebounded 3 percent to open the month of September, as positive manufacturing data buoyed major stock indices.  (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

The Web’s great Leap forward

The next big thing on the Web may have nothing at all to do with the Web itself, but, rather, how we interact with it.

TED, Gatsby and the week in innovation

There was a siren song, the death of a buzzword and the secret to immortality.

On Leadership

Graduates celebrate during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Monday, May 23, 2011.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

The five worst mistakes I made as a new grad

I’m talking about the avoidable missteps made by myself and many other millennials I know when we left college and entered the working world.

US President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at Barnard College on May 14, 2012 in New York. Obama headed to New York to speak at the Barnard College commencement, for an interview on television program 'The View' and to attend a campaign fundraiser.    AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages

Inspiring graduation quotes 2012

Highlights from this year’s notable commencement speakers.

In this promotional photo provided by 20th Century Fox, actress Meryl Streep is shown in a scene from 'The Devil Wears Prada.' Streep was nominated for best actress for her role in the film as the nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox/Barry Wetcher)

How to be a bad boss

GALLERY | Readers share what makes employees miserable.

MENLO PARK, CA - DECEMBER 2: Pattie Sellers, editor at large at Fortune Magazine, poses for a portrait on Friday, December 2, 2011 in Menlo Park, California. Pattie started the Most Powerful Women Summit, which happens each October, and many high ranking businesswomen attend. (Photo by Tony Avelar/For the Washington Post)

The Rolodex that redefined power

You’ve probably never heard of Pattie Sellers. But Warren Buffett has. And Oprah Winfrey.

Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, at the company's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.

Mr. Schmidt goes to Washington

Google’s chairman and former CEO reflects on his first time testifying before Congress, and what Washington does and doesn’t understand about Silicon Valley.

National Blogs & Columns

Vivek Wadhwa

What if Zuckerberg had an MBA?

How would the Facebook IPO have gone down if Mark Zuckerberg had an MBA?

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Vivek Wadhwa

In the Loop

Joe Davidson

Federal workers’ pay satisfaction drops

Among 30 large agencies, employees at the FDIC were happiest with their salaries, while VA workers were least satisfied.

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The Federal Eye

Survey: Pay, benefits not enough to attract talent, federal executives say

The survey also found that Senior Executive Service managers are proud to be elite civil servants.

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The Checkup by Jennifer Huget and Rob Stein

Good news on soy-based baby formula

New study finds that soy-fed babies develop on par with babies who are fed milk-based formula.

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Critics target cost of Guard troops on border

President Obama’s decision last year to send 1,200 National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border may have been smart politics, but a growing number of skeptics say the deployment is an expensive and inefficient mission.

The Occupy movement’s art

As the online gallery at occuprint.org reveals, the Occupy movement has more than a few skilled graphic designers in its informal ranks.

Wizards’ Wall eager to play

After learning firsthand during the lockout about the business of basketball, John Wall is ready to get back on the court and have some fun.

Gathering meteorites and congressional foes

For the 35th year, the U.S. is gathering space rocks from the wind-hammered icefields of Antarctica, a program attacked as wasteful by Sens. John McCain and Tom Coburn.

Special Reports

Faces of the Fallen

Service members who have died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom.

Civil War 150

News and views from the Washington Post about the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.

Outlook’s 5 myths

Writers break down what you think you know about gas prices, the suburbs, Lincoln and more.

The Age of 9/11

How old were you? Reflections presented as a multimedia report broken down by age.