The Fight Against Right-Wing Appalachian ‘School Choice’ Politics Is a Fight for Democracy and the Future of American Education
In October 2024, a flyer appeared in the mailboxes of Kentucky residents, promoting an amendment…
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RFK Jr’s Campaign Against Seed Oils Isn’t Just Junk Science — It’s Misogynist Identity Politics
Just before the November election, future Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr…
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Why Authoritarianism Needs Gender Stereotypes – and Democracy Needs Gender Justice
Two weeks before the 2024 election, Tucker Carlson, whose documentary, The End of Men, laments the…
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What the Hell? Utah Passes Anti Ritual Abuse Bill Despite Ritual Abuse Not Actually Existing
So Utah passed a bill designed to “address” ritual abuse this week. That is a…
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Trump’s Pick for FDA Commissioner Hedges on the Abortion Pill, which is safer than Tylenol, Viagra, or giving birth
During his confirmation hearing last Thursday, Trump nominee Dr. Marty Makary equivocated on whether Americans…
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Can Rage Fuel the Struggle for Justice? A Roundtable
[I]f your anger is directed at race and racism…if you’re aiming for change and not…
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Less for Moore? If Russell Moore Left the SBC Due to Conscience and Convictions His Next Move Is a Curious One
The departure of Russell Moore from the Southern Baptist Convention has been a long time…
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‘We’re Through the Looking Glass Now’: Talking Deradicalization with Dr. John Horgan
How can American society recover from Trumpism? A new administration solves a lot of problems,…
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Bulgaria and Orthodox Church Cancellation of Louvre Exhibit is Classic Authoritarian Move
This week has not been a very good one for the arts. Or history. The…
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A Devil’s Dozen of the Best ‘New Religion Journalism’ Books of the Decade
Since the turn of this century, following the news is like experiencing a daily repudiation…
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