What are the currents in the news that touch on the ideas and values that Latter-day Saints care most about? “Currents” curates the most compelling headlines and invites you to explore the narratives shaping our world.
Ideas and Society
More Ideas and Society Features
Pride and Shame Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
The choice between pride and shame is a false binary—transcending both enables a growth mindset more conducive to durable Christian discipleship.
The Constitution—Man-Made or Divinely Inspired?
A critical issue faces our nation today: Is the Constitution of our country divinely inspired and thus worthy of our vigorous defense, or instead, is it a secular document in need of drastic overhaul to comply with current societal trends?
The Trojan Horse of AI
Church leaders warn that AI may amplify human gifts, but it must never become a substitute for divine inspiration.
Protecting Conscience Rights of Physicians
Conscience protections help physicians remain healers rather than instruments of ideological or bureaucratic demands.
Broadway’s Last Acceptable Bigotry
Fifteen years on, Broadway still treats contempt toward Latter-day Saints as wit, and elite media still call it harmless fun.
Who Decides What Can Be Said? Therapy, Truth, and the Limits of Government Power
What happens when the government decides which conversations are permitted—and which are not?
