Approximately one in ten Americans are impacted by rare and genetic diseases, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is raising awareness and providing support for families who experience these life-changing conditions.

What is wrong with talking about Mormonism when talking about Mitt Romney and his run for the Presidency? On CNN last Sunday, David Axelrod, President Obama’s strategist, promised that his campaign did not consider Romney’s faith “fair game.” The implication, there, is that Mormonism is a weak point to be exploited—a card that one would only expect the Obama team to play from the bottom of the deck. And given that suspicions about Mormonism are widely thought to have cost Romney votes in the South, there may be good reasons for thinking so. Romney has also said, rightly, that some matters of faith are properly private. It might be that, in the interest of civility and electoral prudence, neither Obama nor Romney can initiate a conversation about what it means to be Mormon in this country. But perhaps the rest of us should, because the story is complicated, fascinating, and utterly American.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we celebrate an American hero who helped us believe in a dream.

Winterfest is Brigham Young University’s performance series in Salt Lake City. From February 2 to March 16, 2024, performing groups from BYU will entertain audiences at the Conference Center Theater.

Christian Sagers is an assistant editor and staff writer. He has won multiple awards for editorial writing on politics, religion and conservative values. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in American Studies. Twitter: @C_Sagers

Brent M. Rogers, Ph.D., is a managing historian for the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He worked for thirteen years on the Joseph Smith Papers and, for three of those years, served as the project’s managing historian. Brent is the award-winning author of numerous books and articles. His first book, Unpopular Sovereignty: Mormons and the Federal Management of Early Utah Territory (University of Nebraska Press, 2017), received The Charles Redd Center-Phi Alpha Theta Book Award for the Best Book on the American West, the Mormon History Association’s Best First Book Award, and the Utah State Historical Society’s Francis Armstrong Madsen Best History Book Award. Brent is also the author of Buffalo Bill and the Mormons (Bison Books, 2024) and several articles including “A ‘distinction between Mormons and Americans’: Mormon Indian Missionaries, Federal Indian Policy, and the Utah War,” Utah Historical Quarterly (Fall 2014), which won the Western History Association’s Arrington-Prucha Prize for Best Article on the History of Religion in the West. When he is not researching and writing history, Brent enjoys reading about history, watching movies, walking his dog, and trying to keep up with his family’s busy schedule of school, sports, and music.

Darius Gray was one of only two black American students at Brigham Young University at the height of the civil-rights movement in 1965.

It's an old question, but Fred Bethel says he still gets asked: How can an African-American like himself be part of the Mormon Church, a religious group that waited until 1978 to allow blacks to become leaders? His response comes easily — because of what the church is today.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square visited Columbus for the first time in 21 years when they kicked off their summer tour at Nationwide Arena tonight. The visit was ardently received by thousands of listeners who flocked to the arena to hear their favorite sacred and traditional songs.

During the final week of Black History Month, Brigham Young University is presenting a play about a black Mormon pioneer that requires nearly all African-American actors.