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      Leo XIV: The (Great) Migrations Pope?
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      Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
    • White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
      White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots
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    • HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
      HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
      What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
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    • Against American Exceptionalism? Pope Leo XIV v. US Christian Nationalism
      Against American Exceptionalism? Pope Leo XIV v. US Christian Nationalism
    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
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    • Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
      Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
    • Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
      Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism
    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
  • Germany classifies ‘right-wing extremist’ AfD as a danger to democracy — and high-ranking Trump officials jump to defend it

    Germany classifies ‘right-wing extremist’ AfD as a danger to democracy — and high-ranking Trump officials jump to defend it

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"Scott and Violet Arthur arrive with their family at Chicago's Polk Street Depot on Aug. 30, 1920, two months after their two sons were lynched in Paris, Texas. The picture has become an iconic symbol of the Great Migration. (Chicago History Museum)"
Archive, History/Theology, Racial JusticeMay 15, 2025

Leo XIV: The (Great) Migrations Pope?

By Matthew J. Cressler
Cardinal Robert F. Prevost at the Consistory on 30 September 2023
Archive, Authoritarianism, Christian Nationalism, Politics/LawMay 15, 2025

Against American Exceptionalism? Pope Leo XIV v. US Christian Nationalism

By Ed Simon
Eddie Africa addressing a crowd in front of MOVE headquarters (March 1978)
Archive, Politics/Law, Racial Justice, Religious LibertyMay 13, 2025

Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents

By Megan Goodwin
Leo XIV
Archive, Racial JusticeMay 9, 2025

White Smoke, Black Pope? Pope Leo XIV, first US pontiff, has African roots

By Nate Tinner-Williams
Leo XIV
Archive, Authoritarianism, Immigration, Racial Justice, Sex/Gender/Justice, Sexuality/GenderMay 8, 2025

HABEMUS PAPAM: New Pope Selection Signals Church’s Concerns about Spread of US, Global Authoritarianism

By Megan Goodwin
Archive, Healthcare, Politics/Law, Science & TechnologyMay 7, 2025

This White Man’s Blunder — Why RFK’s Obsession with Chemtrails and Terrain Theory Won’t Make America Healthy

By Susannah Crockford
(A)theologies, Archive, Christian Nationalism, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/LawMay 6, 2025

Catholic Right Support isn’t the Only Reason Trump Believes He Can Get Away with Mockery of Catholicism

By Karen E. Park
red stamp with Trump skeleton face reads “new reich"
Archive, Authoritarianism, Christian Nationalism, Immigration, Politics/Law, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice, Sex/Gender/Justice, Sexuality/Gender, Trump arrestMay 1, 2025

EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism

By Annika Brockschmidt
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