Suppose you’re pulled over by police for a traffic violation. Is it legal for the officer to make you wait a few minutes after writing you a ticket so a backup officer can arrive and allow the first officer’s police dog to sniff for drugs? That was the question before the U.S. Supreme Court late last month.

Christians in Niger are beginning to return to their homes after a violent rampage by Islamic extremists. Attackers killed at least 10 people and burned 70 churches earlier this month in the North African nation. Christians saw their homes, schools, and orphanages reduced to rubble and ash. 

Fair housing. A Texas group called Inclusive Communities Project argued last week at the U.S. Supreme Court that Dallas neighborhoods are segregated because of the way tax credits are doled out. The group sued under the Fair Housing Act, claiming the tax credit policy has a disparate impact on minorities.

The brutality last weekend in the African nation of Niger garnered relatively little media attention, yet, 70 churches in the southern part of the country were torched, people were killed, and thousands fled for their lives.

The staff of The World and Everything in It has profiled 22 possible candidates for president in 2016 in its White House Wednesday series. Now they take a look at who’s ahead and who’s making moves as the big campaign gets closer.

Last week, the pastor of a small church in Gilbert, Ariz., introduced himself on the steps outside of the Supreme Court. 

“I’m Clyde Reed, pastor of Good News Community Church in Gilbert, Ariz.,” he said. “I’m 82 years old and have been a pastor for over 40 years. I never dreamed my small church sign would be a topic for the Supreme Court.”

Reed’s small congregation rents temporary locations for worship services, making it all the more important to point people in the right direction.

While some might dream of downsizing and retiring to a simpler life—say to a 400-square-foot cabin in the woods—Mandy and Jeremiah Jones decided to start out that way. After college, the newlyweds lived in a tent for more than a year while Jeremiah constructed their small cabin. Unlike most young couples, they now live in a house that’s completely paid for. Five wooden steps lead to the door of their home in rural northwest Arkansas, which is surrounded by curious cows and a pet chicken named Phineas.