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Don’t Let Bigoted Campaigns Sour You to the Revolutionary Idea of Religious Freedom

By Frederick Clarkson

…ed for by Congress and issued by presidents annually, have been generally true to the spirit of the occasion. That is, until Donald Trump, who’s used the occasion to promote the Christian Right’s idea that religious freedom allows for ad hoc exemptions from the laws that apply to everyone else. The Framers knew there’d be days like these. The theocrats and monarchists lost in the 18th century. But they would be back. And that’s essentially who now…

Trump May Be “a Big Fan of Hindu,” But Hindus Are Running—and Winning—as Democrats

By Murali Balaji

…idates like Jois—and the continued success of incumbents like Gabbard, Krishnamoorthi, Jayapal, and Khanna—as just “the tip of the iceberg.” “The community is going to get more engaged as more Hindus run for office,” he said. “It’s not just donating money, but volunteering, registering to vote, and running for local offices. It’ll impact the primary and general elections”…

Dems’ “Great Satan” Strategy Falls Apart Right From Start

By Peter Laarman

…e talking seriously at the Hollywood Bowl about our dread and loathing of Trump and Trumpism. As we walked out of the performance, we joked that one of us might have to play Tosca to Trump’s Scarpia and plunge a metaphorical dagger into his shriveled little heart in order to save America (we had just heard the LA Phil’s concert version of Puccini’s masterwork). My friend, who is Jewish, is someone who could not bring herself to read Philip Roth’s…

New Poll Shows Evangelicals Vote Democrat Too

By Robert P. Jones

…like poverty and affordable health care were more important in the country today than issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. The old religious right leaders who are clinging to the narrow agenda of abortion and same-sex marriage are increasingly out of touch, and no longer calling the shots. AVS also found, for example, that a plurality (44%) of evangelicals said that James Dobson and Pat Robertson did not speak for them. Also tellingly, near…

When I Have Fears The Middle East May Cease To Be

By Haroon Moghul

…mbers adequate to force the military’s hand? And the Islamists, too, might read these lessons in their own way: They can participate in politics, but not really. Or only under strict limits, which others will decide for them. That didn’t work in Algeria, and tens of thousands died in a war that the deep state exploited for its purposes. It only worked in Turkey until the former Islamists overcame the deep state, and turned it to their side. But Tu…

Crisis in Sudan: ‘If the World Stands Idly By This Time, They Will Bring Genocide’

By Frederick Clarkson

…hs and years, we saw signs leading up to the current crisis. We saw the corruption of the census in 2008 and the obstruction of political participation. We saw protests over the appointment of Governor Haroun—who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide in Darfur—and the razing of El Feid, the home village of his leading opponent. The members of the State Election Committee received threats that they had to declare Haroun the win…

From Original Sin to Flattering Mirror: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

By Jeanne Theoharis

…social movements of the twentieth century and the vision it offers us for today. The recounting of national histories is never separate from present-day politics. What of the past is remembered, celebrated, and mourned is at the core of national identity—and the process of what is told and not told is often a function of power. The act of making an historical tribute necessarily resolves it and fixes it in time and place. As anthropologist Michel…

Opting for Lucy Over Linus: Watching The Great Pumpkin in the Age of Trump

By Jonathan Malesic

…most want to be like right now. She’s a model for liberals in the age of Trump. It’s true that her critique of Linus’s delusion sometimes crosses the line into bullying. But she acts with love toward him throughout the show. No one else does. In the very first scene, Lucy and Linus go out together to pick a pumpkin from the patch to bring home. Later, while trick-or-treating, she asks for extra candy she can give him. She checks his bedroom at 4…

Green Candidate Jill Stein Maintains Anti-Vaxxer Cred

By Michael Schulson

…test over authority. Who gets to determine scientific fact? Can we really trust the people in power? Are the coronated Determiners of Truth—namely, academic researchers and government scientists—really reliable and legitimate? Stein gets this. That’s why, when the Washington Post asked her about vaccines, she said that they were “an invaluable medication”—and then immediately pivoted to talk about the untrustworthiness of the FDA, the CDC, and oth…

Was it the Russians or God? Evangelical Leaders Working Out the Kinks with Trump’s Transition Picks

By Chrissy Stroop

…n McCain and Lindsey Graham, this has not stopped Republicans from denying Russian interference. Trump himself deflected on this issue in his recent interview with Chris Wallace on FOX News Sunday, undermining America’s intelligence community in a brazenly partisan, irresponsible manner. For his part, Graham has joined in on the Republican deflection, doubling down on his authoritarian politics of Providentialism as he tweeted a rhetorical questio…