Trump’s ‘God Bless the USA Bible’ is No Joke
As he makes another bid for the White House, Donald Trump is well aware of…
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Innocent Until Proven Muslim — A Q&A with Dr. Maha Hilal
To fight a War on Terror, the state needs terrorists. Indeed, it creates them. As…
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Latest Book on Evangelical ‘Extremism’ Reflects Pervasive Tendency to Beat Up on Judaism to Save Jesus
Perhaps you’re in the crowd that’s baffled by the behavior of American evangelicals. How could…
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Police Violence is Baked in: Academy Training Encourages Racial Profiling and Emphasizes the Use of Violence
Almost four years have passed since George Floyd was killed outside of a convenience store…
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‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy’ Explains How We Got Here — And What Comes Next
“As far as I’m concerned, I’m done with this,” investigative reporter David Neiwert told us,…
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Pop-Culture Angels Are More Than Just Embarrassing Kitsch
Cloying sentimentality, saccharine pablum, ridiculous camp and embarrassing kitsch—in the contemporary moment the word “angel”…
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The American Right Hasn’t Adopted Children’s Rights — They’ve Redefined and Weaponized Them
For decades, the American Right has claimed children’s rights are anathema. They undermine the family,…
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What Happens When We Use Horror Movies to Interpret the Real World? 10 Questions for the Authors of ‘The Exorcist Effect’
What inspired you to write The Exorcist Effect? Over twenty years ago, Michael Cuneo wrote…
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Mitt Romney, the Public Face of Mormonism, Reckons with His Alienation From a Radicalized GOP and His Role in Enabling it
Riding high from his tenure as the moderate governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney was anxious…
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The Story of a Post-Holocaust Group Seeking Revenge Against Nazis is Part of the Story of Israel Itself
“I think the [Palestinian] village of Huwara needs to be wiped out. I think the…
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