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To Fight White Supremacy We Must Resist Essentialism: The Author Responds

By Andrea R. Jain

…rsy on Yoga and White Supremacy Reveals Problem of Yoga Discussion.” In February of this year, I wrote on RD that Fox News journalist Caleb Parke egregiously misrepresented an article on yoga and cultural appropriation by Shreena Gandhi and Lillie Wolff. I argued that Parke offered a “very simple and misleading” picture of Gandhi and Wolff’s arguments, and I stood firmly behind what I took to be the main thesis of Gandhi and Wolff’s article: white…

“Liberal Nazis”: The Republican Crusade Against NPR

By Paul Harvey

…that receive[s] no direct federal funding for operations.” That carefully worded statement is disingenuous and hides the truth about the extent to which taxpayers are supporting NPR and its liberal agenda. Lamborn has his staff hard at work untangling all those devious ways that your tax dollars support public radio (through college radio stations and the like). The assertion about the “liberal agenda” has been belied by numerous studies. The rat…

Election Takeaway: Fake God Talk Doesn’t Cut It with Americans

By Anthea Butler

…n of their harmony was a strong delusion. Karl Rove’s epic meltdown on Fox News’ election night when Fox called the election for President Obama showed the strength of the delusion. Rove hijacked Fox News pundits and their audience, claiming there was still a path for Romney to win in Ohio. Now, Rove and the RNC’s fates are linked with the hard-line religious ideologues whose power is on the wane. From Akin’s “legitimate” rape to Richard Mourdock…

What to Make of the Chechnya Connection? An Expert Weighs In

By Hussein Rashid

…ous issue. He says that looking at religion is too often an easy answer in today’s world, and people should look at issues in depth. He believes we need more and better access to mental health care, better gun laws, and most importantly, we need to think about the vast numbers of unemployed people we have, whether in this country or elsewhere—people who have lost hope. Relying on his vast experience in the global marketplace, Radon points out tha…

Faith-Baiting in Minnesota and Elsewhere Follows the “Project Blitz” Playbook

By Frederick Clarkson

…he record—but he was able cast them as opponents of God and country on Fox News. After the Fox News segment aired, the rightwing media from Breitbart to LifeSiteNews exploded with coverage of this minor legislative moment and Hall’s comments. Meanwhile in Oklahoma, Governor Mary Fallin signed into law a bill that has been labeled as (and opposed as) a bill that allows the Ten Commandments to be posted in public schools, and government buildings, b…

Female Breadwinners=Death of Civilization, Says Fox Panel

By Melissa Weininger

…breadwinner for the family. Almost immediately, this news created a media ruckus, particularly in the world of conservative punditry, where it was largely seen by a mostly male commentariat as a harbinger of doom for the American way of life. On Fox News, Lou Dobbs moderated a discussion about the dire consequences of this shift in family dynamics and gender relations. Commentator Juan Williams lamented that “something [is] going terribly wrong i…

Why it (Still) Makes Little Sense to Call ISIS Islamic

By Haroon Moghul

Last week, The New York Times’ Rukmini Callimachi published “A Theology of Rape,” a report as important as it is horrifying. Unfortunately, like several recent exposés on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), including Graeme Wood’s website-busting What ISIS Really Wants, Callimachi’s reporting is unusually receptive to the movement’s claims. Namely, that plausible Islamic arguments can be made for slavery, rape, and other crimes. In suppor…

Sacred Dimensions of the World Cup: State of Belief Radio

By The Editors

…RD Director Gary Laderman discusses the sacred dimensions of World Cup soccer with SOB host Welton Gaddy as well as the politics of what counts as religious, if losing is a form of bad religion, and how playing a game can have implications in national life….

Disaster Theology: Blame and Powerlessness in Japan

By Clark Strand

…rstand this tragedy, look deep inside Rather than helplessly bemoan your cruel fate. In other words, “I hate to say, ‘I told you so’—but I told you so!” Fortunately, we know today that tsunamis are caused by earthquakes and other forms of seismic activity, and that seismic activity is caused by a shift in tectonic plates. We can’t predict exactly when they’re going to shift, but we are increasingly certain that they don’t do so in response to th…

Angry Voters, Right-Wing Populism, & Racial Violence: People of Faith Can Help Break the Linkages

By Chip Berlet

…ent of a totalitarian, fascist, socialist society integrated into a global New World Order. Some Christian Right commentators implied it might be a sign of the arrival of the Antichrist in the End Times. As rhetoric heated up, researchers in a network of human rights groups across the political spectrum began to contact each other to share information and concerns about the potential for violence. With liberal Democrat Bill Clinton in the White Ho…