The Amish has a long history that is intertwined with the "English" communities they are near. Trotting down the streets of many Ohio and Pennsylvania towns are horses attached to buggies carrying ...

More conservative members of the Amish community in Ohio are suing the state over a law they say violates their religious ...

a sociologist who studies Amish communities and has worked on the case. Before the legislation passed into law, the Ohio Legislative Service Commission noted that it could raise First Amendment ...

While not every Amish person can travel to Ohio for care, the research coming out of the DDC clinic will benefit Amish communities throughout the country. Although many outsiders think the Amish ...

As the Ohio state director of the Amish Steering Committee, Wayne Wengerd acts as a liaison between the state’s Amish communities and the state and federal governments. He belongs to a church ...

Sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community of Painters Mill, Ohio. A young Amish girl, Katie Burkholder, survived the ...

But members of Ohio’s most conservative Amish groups are unwilling to go against tradition to adopt the lights, leading to confrontations with law enforcement. Cory Anderson is a sociologist who ...