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Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation

By Andrew Aghapour

…te segregation and economic favoritism. When I spoke with Rothstein on the phone, he underscored the long-term effects of this last policy. During the 1940s and 1950s, suburban subdivisions were built in St. Louis, and throughout the country, using federal loans stipulating that no homes be sold to African Americans. Priced at about $125,000 in today’s dollars, these were affordable—with a mortgage—to working class families, black or white. Yet bl…

Put Your Money Where Your Mind Is: A For-Profit Meditation Studio Opens in New York

By Michael Schulson

…age. His 2012 book, The Buddha Walks into a Bar, has sold widely. Over the phone, I asked Rinzler why he and Burrows had chosen to establish the studio as a for-profit company. “We really wanted to make sure we had all the resources we need for supporting people who are trying meditation for the first time,” Rinzler explained. Because they’re a business, there’s more professionalism. The teachers they’ve hired show up on time, and, as Rinzler put…

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

By Andrew L. Seidel

…ted the American Revolution and led to the independence we celebrate every July 4th. Before that shot, a preacher delivered a prayer. That prayer is celebrated in paintings and even in our law. The Supreme Court uses this prayer today to interpret the meaning of the Constitution—a Constitution that wouldn’t become the law of this new land for another 15 years. Supreme Court justices have cited this preacher and his prayer to justify congressional…

Trump’s CPAC Meltdown Wasn’t Just Comedy Gold, It Was Groundbreaking Extremism

By Becky Garrison

…PAC speech, Jerry Falwell Jr., whose Liberty University played host to CPAC 2019, retweeted Trump’s statement, “I will be signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research dollars.” This move seems to signify Falwell will remain loyal given Trump will allow Christian schools to ignore SCOTUS rulings such as Bob Jones University v. United States (1982), a battle that launched the Mor…

The Sacred Myths of My People: A 4th of July Reflection

By Kate Blanchard

…ical. The art and architecture of Washington—just like flags and Fourth of July fireworks—are designed to tap into our deepest commitments and longings. They are physical manifestations and reminders of America’s sacred mythology. And mythology it is. Which is why I was jarred upon my first visit to one of the Smithsonian’s newer additions, the National Museum of the American Indian. It is a subtly gorgeous building, reminiscent on the outside of…

Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rtnerships, but it now the only UK jurisdiction without marriage equality. Japan: Politician apologizes after drunk-tweeting anti-gay insult We reported last week that a poll had shown a slim majority of Japanese support marriage equality. A politician who says he was drunk and angry about the poll result tweeted that the press should ignore LGBT people, who he described as “abnormal animals.” He has since apologized but rejected calls that he res…

Pope Mum on LGBTs in Uganda; Church Defends Anti-Marriage-Equality Efforts in Australia; Cyprus Passes Civil Partnerships; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…entified only by his first name. “There’s never been a law against gays in Japan.” “A lot of gay men in Japan would rather lead a double life,” Yuki added. “Many Japanese gay men went to Taipei to walk in the parade, but would be afraid to do so here.” In a related story, a new poll finds support from a majority of Japanese for changing the law to recognize same-sex unions Kenya: Anglican priests suspended for being gay sue for defamation, reinsta…

Seventh-Day Adventists & Gay ‘Cures’; Legal Victory for Kenyan LGBTs; Political, Religious Leaders Spar on LGBT Issues in UK; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…said Roy Youldous of Tammuz, an Israeli firm offering surrogacy services. Japan: Pro-gay politician elected mayor of Tokyo district A politician who had pushed for municipal recognition of same-sex couples’ marriages in Tokyo’s Shibuyu district was elected mayor of the district on Sunday. Ad exec Ken Hasebe had been a member of the district assembly since 2013. The Japan times reports that the increase in public support for recognition of LGBT re…

Founder of Liberal Mosque in Germany Under Guard After Death Threats; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…marriage equality legislation that they will send to parliament in August. Japan: TV commercials let LGBT people tell their stories Tokai Television Broadcasting released a series of ads with people talking about their experiences of being LGBT in Japan. Ukraine: Lesbian couple profiled on challenges of family and child-raising without legal recognition The Kyiv Post profiled a lesbian couple who are raising two children; while they are open about…

Republican Scandals Drag Secretive ‘Family’ Into the Big Time

By Randall Balmer, Anthea Butler, Evan Derkacz, Jeff Sharlet, and Diane Winston

…day over to the grave of Frederick Douglass (who penned one of my favorite July 4th remembrances [given on July 5th!], “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?”). I don’t think it’s “religious” or “political,” in the sense that both are intertwined so murkily within The Family’s actions and belief system. If members really did take in the words of Jesus literally, then dealing with the Suhartos of the world would be problematic. If they were truly,…