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Evangelicals Clutching Pearls Over Student Debt Relief: Lord Have Mercy!

By Peter Laarman

…ever fuss over the debate-free passage of ginormous unpaid-for military appropriations? Just wondering.) And then there’s the “Christian” (i.e., evangelical Protestant) reaction to Biden’s action, as reported in Christianity Today and elsewhere, where scholars and cranks play whack-a-mole with Bible verses having to do with debt. What I like best is the Can we proof-text this? We probably shouldn’t. But let’s try anyway! aspect of it. Not to ment…

National Association of Evangelicals Supports Immigration Reform, But Elsewhere Discord Reigns

By Donna Schaper

…re valuable to that (other) broken system. You can call an economic-engine program to provide a path to citizenship “amnesty,” and you can even sneer at that word. But before we lose that word to television commentators, we might want to take a good look at the loss. Amnesty means forgiveness. Often people of faith believe in forgiveness. What is the sin to be forgiven? Not that of the people who cross borders to wait on tables or pick strawberrie…

This is Not a Religion Column: Christian Candidate Quiz Bowl

By Jeff Sharlet

…rtedly pounding his pecs before a group of Texas pals and hooting “I am thepresident! I am the president!” This cannot even be construed as canny stupidity, like Ronald Reagan letting “slip” a joke about bombing the Evil Empire, like LBJ slapping his pecker across the presidential desk and daring Senate foes to measure against him. Bush’s ape routine is simply proof that evolution is real and that it has a reverse button.The president is regressi…

Disney’s Lump of Coal

By Anthea Butler

…harlotte’s dress before turning into a frog from the kiss of the trifling, preening Prince Naveen—Naveen, he of uncertain racial heritage who just wants to sing and dance. Seriously, Disney, is it too much to ask for a black prince too? With all that dancing and singing Naveen did, I thought for a moment I was watching a character in Disney’s infamous Song of the South. Miss La Bouff, Tiana’s employer, is an annoying Southern belle who wraps “Big…

Romney Goes to Bat Against Reid in Nevada

By Joanna Brooks

…during economic downtimes. It will not bode well for Mr. Romney if voter sentiments don’t simmer down before the Republican presidential primaries….

Anti-Choice Doc Aims to Link Reproductive Rights to ‘Black Genocide’

By Michelle Goldberg

…College, who had turned against abortion rights after seeing the film. As propaganda, Maafa 21 is fairly ingenious, incorporating just enough truth to provide a surface plausibility. The word “Maafa” is a Swahili term to describe the period of black enslavement. In the film, narrator Markus Lloyd argues that the Maafa “did not end when the slaves were freed… a hidden racial agenda is keeping the Maafa alive into the 21st century.” That sounds tru…

Possible Heir to Dalai Lama Cleared of Corruption Charges

By Tsering Namgyal

…n state’s highest ranking civil servant gave Karmapa “a clean chit,” BJP’s Prem Kumar Dhumal, chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, refused to do so, insisting to the media that investigations would continue. Further complicating the reality is India’s sensationalist media. During a month-long media blitz TV talk shows offered up well-known Tibetan poets and politicians to be grilled by combative anchors for not following the “law of the land.” And…

Playing Hooky: Will Boycott of Catholic Church Spur Reform?

By Nathan Schneider

…action from the outside can seem more like abdication from within. We need progressives, especially progressive women, in the church and speaking up. A big part of the Catholic story over the last few decades, as the historic reforms of Vatican II have faded into a comparatively reactionary turn, is mass exodus. People disagree with aspects of Church teaching, or they suffer at the hands of the clergy, and that’s the end. I don’t mean to minimize…

Why Egypt is America’s Enemy

By Haroon Moghul

…times a partisan stand.) Following the latest in the Egyptian military’s unprovoked assaults on civilian protesters, who reasonably enough are furious with the cancellation of their vote, the same kinds of conflations continue to be made. It’s as if we cannot bring ourselves to believe that people who wear suits and ties, go to beaches for vacation, put religion on the backburner, and otherwise say and do the “right things,” can be brutal, venal,…

Want a Slurpee with Your Birth Control?

By Patricia Miller

…cent studies show that these types of birth control may well be the key to preventing unplanned pregnancies and breaking the cycle of poverty in populations that have a higher rate of unintended pregnancy, such as younger women and women of color. As usual, the Catholic bishops are tying to undercut support for the continuum of women’s health care needs by treating contraception, and the women who use it, with contempt. Happy Easter Cardinal Dolan…