Why the Evangelical Dissonance Over Obama Immigration Action?
According to a new PRRI poll, 60% of white evangelicals “support the goals of Obama’s…
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In Wake of Eric Garner Case, Southern Baptist Leader Rips Racism in the Church
After the failure yesterday of a grand jury to indict the New York police officer who…
Read MoreThe Divorce Rate Is Falling. Shouldn’t That Mean the Sky Isn’t?
Claire Cain Miller of the New York Times Upshot blog dismantles the myth of the…
Read MoreThe Racial Dimension of Trusting in Police Violence
Though many religious leaders have sought to turn Mike Brown’s death into a movement for…
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Netherlands’ “War on Xmas” is “War on ‘Black Pete’”
In November, while governor Jay Nixon declared the controversy in Ferguson to be a state…
Read MoreDaily News Corrects JR Smith’s “Fool[ish]” Slavery/Black Friday Post… Incorrectly
Chalk up the lack of religion in this post to the flurry of planning, cooking…
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Did Darren Wilson Superhumanize Michael Brown?
Like so many others, I was struck by Darren Wilson’s use of the word “demon” to describe Michael…
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What Netanyahu Learned from Texas
Last week, the Texas Board of Education approved the use of controversial public school history…
Read MoreHagee Calls Obama “The Most Anti-Semitic President Ever”
At the Zionist Organization of America’s gala Sunday night, Republican megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson…
Read MoreWhen Is a “Religious War” Not Really a Religious War?
Is Jerusalem seeing a “religious war?” A day after last Tuesday’s terrorist attack that killed four worshippers…
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