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The Dark Side of Our Obsession With Trapped Thai Children

By Edward E. Curtis IV

…ugh a short detention period.” Sessions famously attempted to justify the cruelty of caging children by appealing to the Bible, citing Romans 13. But that didn’t work so Trump eventually signed an executive order requiring the government to end the separation of families and to detain the children with their parents. These families remain in detention centers that look too much like Manzanar, Gila River, Topaz, and the six other World War II-era J…

Texas Board of Education Wants to Change History

By Lauri Lebo

…nd of extremism seems to have become the “conservative viewpoint.” In many news accounts, including a Fox News piece by Steve Doocy and Tucker Carlson, the panel of experts is described as three conservatives and three liberals. Doocy, in characterizing the advisory panel, held up his fingers to emphasize the balance, an issue that particularly irks Texas Freedom Network’s Dan Quinn. “This is not a debate between left and right,” Quinn said. “This…

LDS Church Calls on Members to back Minnesota Anti-Equality Initiative

By Joanna Brooks

…she continued, “I told a friend on Facebook that it hurt me to see status updates about how she was going out and gathering signatures. I asked what was her reasoning? She recited the talking points she’d been given at church—churches would be forced to marry gays, it was about religious freedom… I pointed out that the Catholic Church refused to marry my divorced mother. I pointed out that the LDS church already restricts who can get married in t…

O’Donnell At Values Voters Summit

By Sarah Posner

…day and tomorrow. But if you prefer your Values Voters Summit in 140-character chunklets, you can follow me on Twitter, where the updates will be more in real time….

What is a “Religious Progressive” Anyway?

By Daniel Schultz

…ernment,” some items for the little guy, some political reform. With a few updates, this is pretty close to how we at least understand the term “progressive.” Instead of worker’s compensation, substitute EFCA; for regulating the railroads, corporate regulation in general, particularly the largest companies; add a commitment to social justice and expanding personal liberties, and it looks pretty recognizable. In fact, the list is more remarkable fo…

Welcoming the Stranger: Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus Speaks Out on DACA

By Kaya Oakes

…put upon by immigrants in our nation are victims too. That’s some of the Trump anger reality where people feel powerless. What I do when I meet these people who are pro-Trump, anti-immigrant, is to try to help them see what power they do have, how they can make a difference, and how immigrants aren’t different than them. What are the Catholic and moral arguments for immigration? With the whole blowup with Bannon saying Catholic churches need “ill…

Obama Muffs Question On Faith-Based Hiring Discrimination

By Sarah Posner

…ith a scathing statement: Frankly, the President’s response that he has “struck the right balance so far” on this issue is misguided and untrue. There is no such thing as balance when it comes to discrimination supported by government funding. As I have said on numerous occasions, religious groups have every right to employ only those individuals who are committed to their religion and values—but if taxpayers are funding the organization, it shoul…

(Ex-)Ex-Gay Activist Alan Chambers On His Prop 8 Epiphany and the Downfall of Christianity and Evangelicalism

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…interpretations and who are dispensing their good advice. That’s not good news. Good news is, Jesus came to give us life so we would have it abundantly. He came so that we wouldn’t have to work, but could just be, that we could love him and love people and enjoy this creation that he’s given us. That’s good news. The rest of it is just advice. What does your future hold? We have open hands. It’s uncomfortable not knowing what’s next but we feel l…

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From Civil Rights Liberals to New Age Conspiracy Theorists — What Betty and Barney Hill’s Alien Abduction Story Reveals About America

By Susannah Crockford

…eoliberalism is ending—when the Republicans have been fully taken over by Trumpist rule-by-conspiracy-theory, and the Democrats have Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr as candidates who appeal to the conspiracy theory/new age spirituality segment of their voters. Bowman’s book reveals the roots of this reformulation of power relations in America which is rewiring the basic functioning of democracy. A new power and place in the universe B…

Is Obama Satan’s Warm-up Act?

By Mark Hulsether

…the “Obama as Antichrist” discourse, even when it scores a prominent spot on prime-time television. * * * Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy…