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U.S. Bishops Reject Pope Francis’ Priorities

By Patricia Miller

…on (or the lack thereof). Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield was elected as the conference’s new general secretary. NCR’s Winters, who has been an outspoken critic of the increasingly culture-warrior posture of the USCCB staff, called Bransfield’s election “a first-class disaster” for the conference. As Winter noted, “The sad and regrettable fact is that the USCCB of late has acquired only the smell of the neo-conservative, upper middle class Catholic shee…

Pious White Reformers and Race, Then and Now

By Peter Laarman

…ndered dependent and degraded via their corrupting interactions with lower-class Europeans. Absent an aggressive program of “civilizing” these people, they could not be permitted to remain living cheek-by-jowl with whites; moreover, they occupied highly desirable land north and west of the Ohio River and smack in the middle of the rich uplands of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Benevolent whites therefore took it upon themselves to o…

A Scholar Responds: Scripture as a Weapon

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…longer live in that world. Congress’ deference to a professional military class of virtually priestly stature is legendary, and a matter for grave embarrassment. The President demonstrates little concern for the responsibilities and ethical complexities of centralized modern warfare; he contents himself with the bluster and bombast of his own rhetoric. Two military branches have become five: the Marines, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard are now…

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

By Peter Laarman

…aming a clarion call to end income inequality and ease the pain of working-class America—as they chat it up over foie gras in the gated mansions of both coasts? Part of the arrogance of the overclass subsists in their assumption that the rest of us won’t notice their arrogance: they assume that we are too dumb or too distracted to pay attention to how the system works. Historically, many a ruling elite has made this mistake. In today’s U.S. contex…

ABC’s Good Christian Bitches Makes Feminists of Religious Right

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…you who are coming in late could borrow the notes from someone else in the class, and maybe the rest of us could take a broader view than just the presence of the b-word in the title (which, after all, has been changed to “GCB” as a shooting title, most likely to be renamed as the airdate approaches). Perhaps we might think instead about how the media actually portrays and affects women? Which brings me to…. Thought two: Ever heard of the Bechde…

The Pastoral is the Political: Let’s Stop Hyde-ing

By Harry F. Knox

…sary later this month. Hyde could not attack the rights of rich and middle-class women, so he targeted poor women. “I certainly would like to prevent, if I could legally, anybody having an abortion: a rich woman, a middle-class woman or a poor woman,” he said at the time. “Unfortunately, the only vehicle available is the . . . Medicaid bill.” However we feel about abortion, we can all agree that we should not withhold medical care just become some…

A Shining City: The Occupy Movement and the American Soul

By Elizabeth Drescher

…benefit of classed rather than for the simple human being of any and every class. Aspiration Meets Desperation Mostly, members of the various wedding parties were unperplexed by the protesters offering testimony against an economic system that excludes far too many Americans from the fullness of even the most modest constructions of “domestic bliss.” “That cat’s a f**king loser,” offered one groomsman by way of commentary, as Tom, a mechanic from…

North Carolina Just Tried to Ban Marriage Equality Because “Almighty God” Said So

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ieties throughout prior history.” Looks like NC leg could use a Civics 101 class on how the Constitution & #SCOTUS work (eh, @BetsyDeVosED?). 🤔 #LGBTQ https://t.co/4A5as9AgGq — Lambda Legal (@LambdaLegal) April 11, 2017 The bill is unlikely to pass, and even if it did it would be vetoed by North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, the state’s former attorney general who refused to defend HB2 in court. The “Uphold Historical Marriage Act” has be…

New History Finally Recognizes Afro-Creole Spiritualists

By Paul Harvey

…in the Americas during and after the Atlantic slave trade up to today. The class includes discussion of West African religions, the impact of the Atlantic slave trade, the role of politics, the construction of racial identities, and most importantly, the diversity of African American religions. But we don’t examine the diversity within African American religions just for the sake of religious variety. Within various forms of Christianity, Islam, a…

Southern Baptist Convention Declares Gay Rights Are Not Civil Rights

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…to every last detail, is incomprehensible—and reprehensible. If a group—or class—of people is being blatantly discriminated against not just by churches, but by federal and state governments, and said group, or class, decides to rebel against that discrimination and claim its rightful place as full, tax-paying citizens of the United States of America, you can damn well bet it is a civil rights movement. Nobody copyrighted the phrase, and nobody ca…