A woman who was severely injured when a gunman killed five girls and wounded her and four other girls during an attack on their one-room Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania has died 18 years later.
Attorneys general from at least 20 states have filed amicus briefs in support of Amish schools’ religious freedom in rural New York.
The art of Amish quilts is highlighted in a Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibition running through Aug. 26 in Washington, D.C.
The Pennsylvania court system has added Pennsylvania Dutch-speaking interpreters to offer better language support for women and children testifying in cases involving abuse.
For some time now, popular culture has used people’s fascination with the Amish to create attractive yet false impressions of that group.