Results for keyword: Mormon Church
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FLDS continues abusive polygamist practices in Utah and Arizona
The states' failure to crack down on Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints means abuses still happen, despite the conviction of extreme polygamist Warren Jeffs.
by Debra Weyermann, Jun 18, 2012 -
Calling for a crackdown on polygamous crime
Crimes committed by a fundamentalist sect on the Utah-Arizona border needs to be seriously investigated by both the Mormon Church and those states.
by Ray Ring, Jun 10, 2012 -
Going down in flames
Today, the mountain and Pacific states have the highest collective cremation rates in the U.S.
by Marian Lyman Kirst, Mar 04, 2012 -
The 'Utah solution' to immigration
Utah religious, business and political leaders suggest an immigration compromise, but the state's lawmakers are terrified of being caught voting for "amnesty."
by Sarah Gilman, Jun 28, 2011 -
Forces of nature
Amy Irvine’s memoir, Trespass, describes how she moved to rural Utah after her father’s suicide.
by Sara Rubin, Apr 28, 2008 -
Notes from a place of risk and hope
In Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming, Kevin Holdsworth describes his love for a harsh landscape in essays, poetry and fiction.
by Julianne Couch, Feb 05, 2007 -
Online: No more talking heads
Jennifer Napier-Pearce uses her own money to produce a Salt Lake City-based podcast called Inside Utah
by Laura Paskus, Oct 02, 2006 -
Saints speak out against nuclear waste
The Mormon Church has issued a statement opposing a planned nuclear waste storage site not far from Salt Lake City, Utah, on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation
by Allison Gerfin, Jun 26, 2006 -
The theology of growth
The problem of gang violence in Salt Lake City offers a disturbing glimpse into the conflicted soul of Utah and the rest of the rapidly growing West
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 08, 2005 -
The Gangs of Zion
Drawn to Utah by the Mormon Church, young Polynesians struggle to find an identity, and to escape from a seemingly endless cycle of gang-related violence
by Tim Sullivan, Aug 08, 2005






