Lila Rose and the Right Resurrect Malicious Child Predator Myth Putting LGBTQ People in Even Greater Danger
In January the far-right website Townhall began publishing a four-part series on a so-called “Suburban…
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Still Left Behind: What the Endurance of the Left Behind Cinematic Universe Can Tell Us About Conservative Moral Psychology
The End keeps on not coming, but the delay has produced yet another opportunity for…
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Who Could Possibly Take Issue With ‘Human Dignity’? Beware of Trojan Horses
Upon the recent death of the conservative British historian Paul Johnson, the right-wing journal Public…
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70th National Prayer Breakfast Made ‘Cosmetic’ Changes, But Biden Delivered the Same Old Tone-Deaf ‘Unity’ Message
Last week, Americans were forced to endure this year’s National Prayer Breakfast—the 70th since the…
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Christian Nationalism is Authentically Christian — And According to a New Poll Most White Evangelicals are Supporters
When I attended K-12 evangelical Christian schools in the 1980s and 1990s, we didn’t call…
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The Right’s Satanic-Grammy-Panic Isn’t About the Devil or Pfizer or Even Scantily-Clad Women — It’s All About the Transphobia
When I need to know what’s wrong with the world and who to be outraged…
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Via Jokes, ChatGPT Chooses Which Religious Traditions and Figures Deserve Respect — And Therefore What Counts as ‘Religion’
ChatGPT is all the rage. It even drives some people into a rage. It does…
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Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution
A biblical death sentence. In America, in 2023, a legislator has proposed The Millstone Act,…
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In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
A week after elections that produced the most far-right government in Israel’s history, the protests…
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Don’t Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point
Conservatives are ready to die for gas stoves. Yes, you read that correctly: They aren’t…
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