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The Traitor Chaplain Who Gave Government Prayer to America — A 4th of July Corrective

By Andrew L. Seidel

…cross on government land maintained with hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. Alito spent a paragraph on the election of Duché as chaplain without mentioning his name or his perfidy: “…Thus, when an Episcopal clergyman was nominated as chaplain, some Congregationalist Members of Congress objected due to the ‘diversity of religious sentiments represented in Congress.’ … Nevertheless, Samuel Adams, a staunch Congregationalist, spoke in favor o…

What Role Should Religion Play in the Public Square? — A Black Christian and a Black Secular Humanist Debate and Discuss

By Brad R. Braxton and Anthony B. Pinn

…he cemetery. Many children in our schools are failing, even as billions of dollars are spent to strengthen the prison system. Environmental toxins poison precious natural resources. These dilemmas do not allow religious or secular people to remain locked in their “ivory tower” abstractions. A Master Class on Being Human: A Black Christian and a Black Secular Humanist on Religion, Race, and Justice Anthony Pinn & Brad Braxton Beacon Press July, 202…

Overnight Sensation ‘The Rich Men North of Richmond’ isn’t Just a Window into a Forgotten America — It’s an Invitation into a Worldview

By Bradley Onishi

…ublic conversation about poverty. “She used 80 names, 30 addresses, 15 telephone numbers to collect food stamps, Social Security, veterans’ benefits for four nonexistent deceased veteran husbands, as well as welfare. Her tax-free cash income alone has been running $150,000 a year.” Reagan’s caricature of the “welfare queen” cemented it in the American imaginary: By the time the “welfare queen” finally emerged on the national stage, the American pu…

The Right is Deeply Divided Over Support for Israel — Though It’s Not About Justice for Palestinians

By Ben Lorber

…re host Matt Walsh tweeted to his 2.5 million followers that “the absolute number one priority of the United States right now should be to protect American lives and avoid getting our nation involved in a disastrous conflict overseas.” North Dakota State Representative Brandon Prichard, a Christian nationalist, echoed Walsh, tweeting that “US tax dollars are better spent at our own border or on combatting addiction than being sent to Israel.” On h…

Hail Santa! War-on-Christmas Outrage Over Satanic Tree Reveals the Self-Serving Ambiguity of ‘Religion’

By Joseph Laycock

…donated trees to the Museum, which is privately funded and accepts no tax dollars (save for occasional grants). The response was predictable as conservative Christian groups rushed to condemn the five-foot tree adorned with red Christmas lights, upside-down crosses, and messages like “Hail Santa.” Bishop David L. Ricken of the Diocese of Green Bay released a statement claiming that the “traditional understanding of Christmas” was being “usurped a…

Taking Aim at Religion Itself, Apostles Prime Networks For Real-World Violence

By Frederick Clarkson

…post that too often the church, broadly speaking, is “concerned more with numbers and dollars rather than a powerful ‘Ekklesia’ whose purpose is to bring the will and rule of God into our nation.” The result, she says, is a “culture of darkness filling our religious assemblies, governments and schools.” Taking churches to church is de rigueur among some NAR leaders. Indeed, Apostle Jim Garlow brought a similar message to City Elders, a NAR politi…

Alarming New Report Shows Attacks on Public Education Are Coordinated by Right-Wing Think Tanks

By Hialy Gutierrez

…minent think tanks on this particular issue. They have tens of millions of dollars (and, in the case of Heritage, more than $100 million) and are very, very influential in right-wing libertarian policy circles. They’re heavily influential in some of the worst legislation of the last few decades. Then the final group that we look at (the twelfth group, if you will) is the State Policy Network (SPN), which grew out of the American Legislative Exchan…

Amid Growing Legitimacy Challenges from its Right and Left, Vatican Seizes Control of the Supernatural — to Prevent ‘Abuses’

By Emma Cieslik

…mic one as a political or spiritual one. The decision is worth millions of dollars, as Marian apparition sites in Lourdes, Fatima, and Guadalupe draw pilgrims each year, and Sedevancantist communities spread (taking their tithe money with them). These rulings even ripple down to jewelry companies like Awe Inspired whose Virgin Mary jewelry could be considered invalid by the Church. At a recent press conference, head of the Dicastery, Cardinal Vict…

Want to Know What Public Education Would Look Like Under Project 2025? Just Take a Look at Oklahoma

By Andrew L. Seidel

…ma City—including “for everyone here in Oklahoma who objected to their tax dollars funding a school that proposes to discriminate and indoctrinate.” Walters appointed the hate monger who runs the notorious Libs of TikTok social media accounts to oversee school libraries, adding to the toxic anti-LGBTQ+ atmosphere he’s cultivated, which has almost certainly cost students their lives. After Louisiana was sued for requiring public schools to display…

Well, the Harris-Trump Debate Happened — Now Enjoy Your Freedom and Choose Wisely

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

…orld and doesn’t have proxy wars with stand-ins that fight US enemies. Tax dollars that could be spent on healthcare, education, and infrastructure are funneled abroad to give the illusion that the US is “not at war” around the world. And what’s the point of spending exorbitant amounts of money to build and maintain the most “lethal military in the world,” as Harris wants, if it’s just for show? Certainly, no one dares attack the most lethal milit…