‘Defund the Police’ Isn’t the Problem
I really don’t want to, but apparently we need to talk about “defund the police.”…
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Robbing Peter to Give Charity to Paul: The Dirty Secret Behind American ‘Giving’
Just about every year at this time we’re invited, even hectored, to participate in the…
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How Did Hasidic Jewry Become a Stronghold of Trumpism?
Is American Hasidism in crisis? After successfully rebuilding its institutions after the war, Hasidism in…
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We Need to Talk About Bad Religion
Bear in mind that when white evangelical Protestants (WEPs) talk about “religious liberty,” they’re talking…
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With This Thanksgiving Bombshell SCOTUS Began Implementation of an Ultraconservative Agenda
The unsigned, midnight opinion dropped like a bombshell on Thanksgiving. Five ultraconservative members of the…
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The Latinx Culture War is the Untold Story of the 2020 Election
This year as turnout increased among all groups, and despite losing the popular vote again,…
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It’s Not About Facts or Fear: What Many Liberals Get Wrong About Religious Conservatives
On Monday, the Times ran an article as significant as it was generally overlooked. It was a short…
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Why Does Trump’s Authoritarian Christian Base Ignore Never-Trump Evangelical Leaders?
Here we are, a week and a half after Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden became…
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Beneath the ‘Wacky’ Paula White Video is a Dark and Deeply Undemocratic World Propping Up the President
These are the end times for the presidency of Donald Trump and the White House…
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In Order to Move Forward We Must Believe the Unbelievable: Some Choose Death Over Democracy
I get why some people don’t get why 72 million Americans voted for Donald Trump….
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