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Museum of (In)tolerance for Divided City

By Shalom Goldman

…This was not true in 1972 when the article was written; it surely is not true today. The daily experiences of those who lived in Jerusalem in those years, myself among them, contradicts these assertions. While Israeli Jews continued to visit the Old City and referred constantly to Jerusalem as “united,” one third of the population, the Arabs who lived in the formerly Jordanian-held parts of the city, considered themselves to be under harsh milita…

Restoring Dignity: The Employee Free Choice Act

By Peter Laarman

…h during his overly long career, but something I feel should be celebrated today as a badge of honor for the old American Communist Party, despite any other nefarious designs it entertained. The revived US labor movement thereafter made a signal contribution to the fight against Hitler and Tojo by means of a grand compact struck with the government regarding war production. The government got labor peace (for the most part) and an incredible outpu…

If Hillary Wins Big It Won’t Be a Moral Victory—And That’s a Crying Shame

By Peter Laarman

…he pundits and prognosticators have been bringing us the good news—and it truly is good news—of Hillary Clinton’s steady march to victory in November. It’s not just that Trump is still flailing and shape shifting; it’s also that Clinton possesses an incredible field operation, an incredible strategic team, and an incredible steely resolve to achieve what she couldn’t quite achieve eight years ago. Clinton’s advantages have definitely put control o…

Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Spit on Inhuman Gay Scum: This Week’s LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…onal decision meted out would only be upheld if it didn’t contradict basic Russian law. Speaking at the Russian constitutional court, Judge Sergey Mavrin said “All decisions of the ECHR must be executed only with consideration to the Russian Constitution’s supremacy”. …The country – no stranger to human rights violations – has recently passed laws giving the police power to fine and imprison its citizens for protesting for a period of up to 15 yea…

One More Day until Marriage Equality vote in New York?

By Peter Montgomery

…emptions in the bill. Wavering Republican senators are reportedly seeking broader religious exemptions akin to those contained in New Hampshire’s marriage equality law. CNN and other news outlets have reported that the governor can extend the legislative session beyond today’s deadline and has said that he would do so. Today, a Buffalo television station reported that the marriage vote would likely take place tomorrow; it said the governor and Rep…

I Created the Hashtag #EmptythePews Because It’s Time for Evangelicals To Walk Out of Toxic Churches

By Chrissy Stroop

…Trump via tweet for “jobs returning” and “North Korea backing down,” and Trump’s “bold truthful stmnt about charlottesville”. The tweet in question is the only one that comes up in a search of Falwell’s Twitter for “Charlottesville.” Prominent Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress—his First Baptist Dallas choir performed an ode of sorts called “Make America Great Again”at a Trump rally in honor of veterans that took place in Washington, D.C. on…

Palin Goes ‘Hopey-Changey,’ But Don’t Call it Political

By Julie Ingersoll

…rist, a Republican. At one point, after someone interjected the aggressive politics of the religious right, the audience cheered loudly. Palin said, “I know, I know they told me not to talk about politics but I can’t help it…and then went on to denounce “Obamacare.’” Heroic Media had, as a “faith based non-profit,” tried to rein these folks in. But the leaders on the stage and many of those in the audience just couldn’t contain themselves. Conclud…

The New Christianity: What the Mainstream Media Has Missed

By Bill Berkowitz

…ur time came to be. That’s crucial, I feel, and it’s part of a craft I’ve just found a term for: ‘parapolitics’—the shaping of cultural precepts which form ideologies that in turn drive politics. The right has long been waging parapolitics but, especially in the religious sphere, the left seems to have largely forgotten it exists….

As Pat Robertson Retires, Here Are 10 of His Most Cringeworthy Moments

By Chrissy Stroop

…ont for a corrupt, for-profit diamond mining operation in Zaire under the brutal dictatorial rule of Mobutu Sese Seko, who came to power in 1965, with the help of the CIA. (For more information, check out my 2018 article on the subject in Playboy, or watch the 2013 documentary “Mission Congo.”) Along the way, he’s developed such a reputation for saying outrageous things that fake quotes from parody news sites occasionally go viral. After all, Robe…

First it Was an Insurrection Flag, Now Supreme Court Justice Alito is Caught Flying Another Far-Right Flag — An ‘Emblem for an Extensive Spiritual Warfare Campaign’

By Annika Brockschmidt

…tensive spiritual warfare campaign, all of which became entwined with the Trump Administration and Trump 2020 Campaign. […] In the helter-skelter season between the 2020 election and the January 6 attempt to forcibly interfere with the result, the Appeal to Heaven flag had become a ubiquitous symbol adopted by charismatic Christians to exhibit their faith in these Trump prophecies. What this flag stands for, as Matt Taylor told me in an interview…