Kim Davis, a Rowan County, Ky., clerk, celebrates her release Sept. 8 from the Carter County Detention center in Grayson, Ky. The Vatican Sept. 30 did not deny reports that while in Washington, Pope ...

MANY years ago (in the early nineties) I stood almost alone in England as an advocate of general military service. I advocated it because I knew that regular food and athletic life (the most vital ...

Moral injury can occur when someone must act against their values -- but also when they cannot act in line with their values. Fly View Productions/E+ via Getty Images When we think about harm, we ...

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Joy Metzler had expected to still be ...

Earl Martin’s ideas regarding peace and nonviolence can be traced back to the roots of the Anabaptist movement 500 years ago in Europe. Early Anabaptists believed in ideas, radical at the time, such ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Dozens of South Korean conscientious objectors were released from jail on parole on Friday after a landmark court decision that conscience is a valid reason to refuse mandatory ...

Scotland’s leading medical bodies have issued a rare joint warning over proposed changes to assisted dying legislation, ...

Do you enjoy playing violent video games? Then you can’t avoid military service. That appears to be the message South Korea is sending conscientious objectors. Prosecutors said they were investigating ...

The ACLU was born out of World War I and the repression that resulted when the U.S. joined the fight. On the night of April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson made the trip from 1600 Pennsylvania ...