What Connects Racism, Misogyny and Faith? Community. And That’s a Bad Thing
Since the murder of eight people at Atlanta-area spas on March 16, there’s been a…
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Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Spouts Christian Nationalism Defending Racist Voter Suppression
Christian Nationalism is like a skeleton key that can help us understand the motivations for…
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What Passover Taught Me About Being Black
As Passover approaches this weekend I often reminisce about how, as a young child, the…
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How Postwar Germany’s Witchcraft Trials Can Help Us Understand QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories
Doing research in a branch of the state library in Berlin a few years ago,…
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Alabama’s Yoga Ban Is Part of the Christian Right’s War on Pluralism
The headline itself was the stuff of viral internet fodder: Alabama House votes to end…
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Purity Culture is Also About National Purity: Anti-Asian Hate and Purity Culture [Audio]
The three and a half minute clip below, exclusive to RD, is from Bradley Onishi’s…
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Don’t Discount Evangelicalism as a Factor in Racist Murder of Asian Spa Workers in Georgia
Today, America is still reeling from the news of the mass murder of eight people…
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The Vatican ‘Doubts’ Same-Sex Love, But More Doubt The Vatican
Beware the Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar went to his reward in 44…
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The End of My Line: It’s Okay to Embrace The ‘Covid Baby Bust’
Last week, researchers at Wellesley College and the University of Maryland described how—in contrast to…
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‘Murder Among the Mormons’ Episode 3 Recap: What is Genuine?
Spoiler: this recap covers the investigative developments found throughout the three episodes of Murder…
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