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Persecution, Betrayal, and the Zero Sum Fight for Global Domination — Day 1 of NatCon 2024

By Annika Brockschmidt and Ben Lorber

…rm right-wing judges, called on the Right to use “non-frivolous counter lawfare tactics against those who use lawfare against conservatives,” so that the Right can “[take] back the White House and the DOJ to actually do something.” John Eastman, who came under fire for his role in the Capitol insurrection, charged that “anyone who doesnt recognize we’re in a war and doing what they can to engage in that war doesn’t deserve our support…get in the f…

Protests Force Torch Detour in San Francisco

By Lygia Navarro

…ood on high alert in San Francisco. The day began as few do in this chilly city: sunny and mild. From the early morning the crowds amassed, spanning miles with clashing signs and views on the Beijing games. Plenty gathered to support China; mainly Chinese-Americans in white Olympic T-shirts waving crimson Chinese flags of all sizes. Competing for exposure were protesters of varying stripes, opposing everything from Beijing’s relationship with Darf…

UCC Fights Back Against Conservative ‘Steeplejacking’

By Daniel Schultz

…he culmination of a three-year battle over the future of a small and aging city congregation. Many blame the new pastor, saying he altered Faith’s bylaws; stacked its church council with supporters; and alienated or ejected, sometimes physically, dozens of longtime members. Full disclosure: I just stepped down from the Administrative Team of the Southeast Association of the Wisconsin Conference, United Church of Christ. We’re not the state group s…

Damning America: Right and Left

By Rosemary R. Ruether

…level of sin that was offensive to God (citing a planned gay parade in the city). I believe the Bible teaches that when you violate the law of God, God brings punishment sometimes before the day of judgment and I believe that hurricane Katrina was in fact the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans.” Although some Americans may claim to be shocked by Wright’s words (while ignoring those of Falwell, Robertson, and Hagee), such damning is in…

Want to Know What Public Education Would Look Like Under Project 2025? Just Take a Look at Oklahoma

By Andrew L. Seidel

…r people’s children, Walters appears far more concerned with grabbing microphones and hopping in front of the nearest television camera than actually providing students with a quality education. His staunchest supporters are turning on him because he has simply failed to do his job, avoiding any meetings with teachers and administrators, and apparently barricading himself behind locked doors and armed guards. Walters is so extreme that 17 state le…

Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint

By Orly Halpern

…, the prayers at this ancient holy site at the entrance of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem come only from the mouths of Jews. “Muslims have no connection with this place,” declared Bracha Mansour-Khoter, a religious Jewish woman who comes to pray twice a month. “I’ve never seen one here. They’re not allowed. This is a Jewish place.” Ori Landau, a 21-year-old student from Hadera, said she prefers praying at Rachel’s Tomb over the Wailing Wall. “I…

Queering Easter: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Redefine Sainthood

By Susan Henking

…he world. They went in full, traditional habits through the streets of our city and down to the nude beach. One even carried a machine gun and smoked a cigar. They were met with shock and amazement, but captured everyone’s interest. Their next appearance was at a softball game where their pompon routine all but stole the show and by the time the Castro Street Fair had rolled around, they were ready to recruit more. In the fall of 1979, Sister Hyst…

Women and Children First: Syria’s Day of Dignity

By Mohja Kahf

…e February 18 against inhuman prison conditions. Kurds in Syria’s northern city of Qamishli cried, “honor our fallen!” on March 12, anniversary of Kurdish deaths at state hands in 2004 and 2008. Wielding the microphone over the throng of fifteen hundred was a woman, Harvene Awsi, a representative in one of Syria’s Kurdish parties. In ringing tones, she called for repeal of emergency laws, release of prisoners, and freedom. The crowd chanted—The pe…

Public Shrines to Treason: Charlottesville and the Cult of Confederate Memorialization

By Spencer Dew

…r turning point: join or reject. The only choices are collaboration, complicity, or condemnation—the swastika, the flag of rebellion, of the Stars and Stripes. With blood still fresh on the streets of Charlottesville, the mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, ordered the removal of two Confederate monuments in that city. On Sunday, the day after the violence, as details were emerging about the young woman killed and the white nationalist terrorist who kil…

Jews and Baseball: A Reflection on a Longtime Love Affair

By Rebecca T. Alpert

…have finally fully adopted the Phillies. It’s really hard to live in this city and not be in love with the Phillies in this era; they resemble the multiracial team of my childhood, only more so. And I am proud of what they have brought to this city in terms of their good works and charitable donations to schools and local environmental programs. I was delighted to learn that they have become the seventh team in Major League Baseball to respond to…