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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
    • 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
    • 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
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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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    • 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
    • My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
      My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
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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
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John Stoehr

John Stoehr is the editor and publisher of the Editorial Board, a newsletter about politics for normal people. He's a visiting assistant professor of public policy at Wesleyan, a fellow at the Yale Journalism Initiative, a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly, and a contributing editor for Religion Dispatches.

(A)theologies, Archive, Books, Media Analysis, New Books, OMFGAugust 15, 2023

Russell Moore Claims There’s a Crisis in Evangelical America — But White Evangelicalism is Exactly Where it Wants to Be

By John Stoehr

Russell Moore used to be one of the top officials of the most powerful religious…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/Law, Trump arrestJuly 25, 2023

Media Still Question Whether Trump’s Christians are ‘Real’ Christians

By John Stoehr

The criminal former president is so far ahead of his closest GOP rival that the…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/LawDecember 12, 2022

Is There Anyone in the Press Who Can Recognize the Bad Faith in Evangelical Faith?

By John Stoehr

Among the various and sundry problems endemic to the Washington press corps is the dearth…

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(A)theologies, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeMay 30, 2022

Police Response in Uvalde Prompts Question: To Serve and Protect Whom?

By John Stoehr

Sometimes it’s little details that evoke the biggest feels. I’ve been writing about the Uvalde…

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Archive, OMFG, Politics/LawJanuary 10, 2022

As US Reaches a 1940s Fork in the Road — Which Path Will We Choose?

By John Stoehr

Readers of the Editorial Board are familiar with my obsession with political time—or how one…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sex/Gender/JusticeDecember 21, 2021

SCOTUS Seems to Think You Should Be Forced to Pay For Religious Education

By John Stoehr

The United States Supreme Court dominated headlines recently when it appeared ready to strike down…

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Archive, Science & TechnologyOctober 1, 2021

As Vaccine Holdouts Cave What’s the Lesson for Liberals? Authoritarians Require Force

By John Stoehr

Monday was the deadline here in Connecticut for state employees to get vaccinated, per order…

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Archive, OMFG, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/JusticeAugust 31, 2021

Whatever Happens with ‘Roe’ It’ll Be The Consequence of Six Conservative Justices’ Belief in Authoritarian Lies

By John Stoehr

Read more of John Stoehr’s posts from The Editorial Board — eds.    The Editorial…

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(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeMay 28, 2021

What do the January 6 Commission, Covid Deaths and Gun Massacres All Have in Common? God’s Chosen

By John Stoehr

I’m going to try connecting things that don’t at first seem related. They’re the fight…

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Archive, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeApril 22, 2021

Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm

By John Stoehr

There was a little “post-racial America” in the air Tuesday after a jury found former…

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