May 28th, 2008 · Many men in Philadelphia's large orthodox black Muslim community have multiple wives. In one family, the woman found a second wife to help take care of her family while she studied abroad. In another, the wives acknowledge that sharing a husband can be emotionally wrenching.
May 27th, 2008 · Although polygamy is illegal in the U.S., some Muslim men in America have quietly married multiple wives. No one knows for sure how many Muslims in the U.S. live in polygamous families, but estimates range from 50,000 to 100,000 people.
May 22nd, 2008 · A Texas appeals court overturns a lower court ruling that placed more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch in state custody. It's unclear if state authorities will appeal to the Texas Supreme Court.
May 16th, 2008 · The Merry Wives Cafe is owned and operated by members of a polygamist group with a sense of business, humor and public relations. The Utah cafe opened last year to give locals and travelers a place to eat. It also allows owners to gently confront polygamy's battered image.
May 9th, 2008 · The attorneys general of Utah and Arizona say they won't do what Texas did. They won't raid polygamist groups in their states, even though the polygamists targeted in Texas last month are based on the Utah-Arizona border. The officials spoke at a town meeting on polygamy Thursday night in Utah.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Authorities are working to match children from a polygamous sect in West Texas with their biological mothers. Terri Langford of the Houston Chronicle delivers the latest developments after a raid of the compound in El Dorado.
Apr 16th, 2008 · A marathon court session is scheduled to begin Thursday in San Angelo, Texas, where a judge will begin the arduous process of deciding what will happen with the hundreds of children removed from a polygamist compound earlier this month. Wade Goodwyn examines the social and legal issues involved in the taking of so many children.
Apr 11th, 2008 · Authorities in Texas removed more than 400 youngsters from a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints compound last week. Now, the children who once lived in near isolation must transition to mainstream society.