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    • What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
      A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
    • In Repudiation of its Devastating Doctrine of Discovery, Vatican Masks the History and Responsibility of Catholic Church
      In Repudiation of its Devastating Doctrine of Discovery, Vatican Masks the History and Responsibility of Catholic Church
  • Politics/Law
    • Blaming Young People For the Fall of <em>Roe</em> is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
      Blaming Young People For the Fall of Roe is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
    • What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
      New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
  • Sex/Gender/Justice
    • Blaming Young People For the Fall of <em>Roe</em> is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
      Blaming Young People For the Fall of Roe is Like Holding Firefighters Accountable for Arson
    • Exactly 30 Years Before Illinois AG’s Devastating Sexual Abuse Report, a Plan for Prevention was Implemented, Then Scrapped
      Exactly 30 Years Before Illinois AG’s Devastating Sexual Abuse Report, a Plan for Prevention was Implemented, Then Scrapped
    • Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Controversy Reveals Centuries-Old Christian Distortion of Tibetan Buddhism
      Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Controversy Reveals Centuries-Old Christian Distortion of Tibetan Buddhism
  • Christian Nationalism
    • What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
      What We Need to Understand is that Fascism is Intersectional and Erotic—’Thy Rod is Thy Gun,’ With a Hip-Thrust
    • A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
      A Christian Nationalist by Any Other Name… Is Still a Christian Nationalist
    • New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
      New Data Strongly Suggest a Correlation Between Disaffiliation and Christianity’s Association with the U.S. Right
  • Russia Invades Ukraine
    • 2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
      2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
    • Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
      Espionage Allegations Against Russian Church Raise Religious Freedom Issue in Ukraine
    • As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
      As Tensions Escalate in the Balkans, the West Could Hand Putin a Valuable Weapon
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Lindsay Beyerstein

Lindsay Beyerstein is an award-winning investigative journalist whose stories have appeared in Newsweek, Salon, Slate, The Nation, Ms. Magazine, and other publications. She writes the Duly Noted blog for In These Times and The Hillman Blog a publication of the Sidney Hillman Foundation.

Guest BloggersApril 30, 2013

Conservative Christian Anti-Abortion Hero is Neither Christian nor Anti-Abortion

By Lindsay Beyerstein

But he does seem to be a hero.

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Sexuality/GenderMay 7, 2012

Is Pro-Life Cause Célèbre Chen Guangcheng Actually Pro-Life?

By Lindsay Beyerstein

Anti-abortion news and opinion websites have taken to calling Chinese dissident Guangcheng Chen “pro-life,” which is fundamentally misleading. Chen is not opposed to abortion, per se, he’s opposed to forced abortion.

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