Trump’s Arrest ‘Prediction’ Inflames Holy War Narrative and Sanctifies Violence — Welcome to Trump ’24
This coming Saturday, March 25th—one week after a hysterical all-caps social media post in which…
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How an Ancient Story of Renegade Rabbis Caught With Black Market Technology Can Help Us Navigate ChatGPT’s Apocalyptic Aura
The promise—and the threat—of artificial intelligence is that the world as we know it is…
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AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism
Violence has always been at the center of White Christian nationalism: the vow to impose…
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The Death of a Black Man at the Hands of Black Officers Unveiled Something More Complex Than Whiteness
Americans of conscience are exhausted by law-and-order grief—a chronic remorse and lamentation emanating from police…
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Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
Donald Trump has, in the past, dallied with apocalypticism in his rhetoric and policy, but…
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Should We Expect to See a Rise in Christian Nationalist Violence in the US?
Troubling new details regarding the violent propensity of Christian nationalism have been revealed by a…
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Did You Read About Conservative Judaism’s Anti-Black Antisemitic Smearing of Hebrew Israelites? Neither Did I
Did you catch the press release from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denouncing the slander against…
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2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
Considering that CPAC is the largest conservative conference in the US, the line-up of their…
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Correction: The SBC Does NOT Oppose Women’s Ordination… Just Women Pastors
Imagine my embarrassment when I heard from the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s media relations…
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‘He Gets Us’ and Sleazy ‘Swift Boat’ Ads Share a Central Figure — Further Evidence of a Right-Wing Bait-and-Switch
One of the funnier developments in the ongoing drama around the “He Gets Us” campaign…
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