DeSantis is More Polished and Less Bombastic Than Trump — But is He Less of a Threat to Democracy?
The midterms proved an abysmal disappointment for the Republican Party. Instead of the promised red…
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The Quiet Part is Very Much Out Loud: Conservative Publication Calls For Embrace of Totalitarianism
White Christian nationalism has been shown by researchers to be strongly connected to authoritarianism and…
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Pelosi Attacker’s New Age Spirituality and Belief in QAnon is no Contradiction
Around 3 a.m. on October 28, David DePape attacked Paul Pelosi, Speaker of the House…
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2022 American Values Survey Offers Some Good News — And Some Bad
As usual, PRRI’s 2022 American Values Survey, released this morning, is chock full of interesting…
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‘Do They Even Read the Bible?’ — Why Exposing White Evangelical Hypocrisy is a Dead End
Almost every day I run across some version of this Twitter interaction: Original Tweet: Bible/Jesus/God…
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When it Comes to Societal Dominion, the Details Matter: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part II
This is the second of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is…
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Inspired by the Anti-Abortion Movement and QAnon, Anti-Trans Rhetoric is a Blatant Call for Violence
They care for trans children and teenagers—and they’re getting death threats. On August 30th, Boston…
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After Roe: 3 Troubling Trends from the ‘Compassionate’ Anti-Abortion Crowd
In the early ’90s, my Catholic grade school hosted a guest speaker, a member of…
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Critics of Hasidic Schools Exposé Missed the Point: It Wasn’t Antisemitic or the Product of Secular Bias — It’s a Story of Corruption
When I was in yeshiva in Boro Park in the early 80s, I was asked…
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Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation
While the Christian Right has been an increasingly powerful factor in American politics for decades,…
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