Leading ‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ Org Announces ‘Full Support’ for Trump’s Mass Deportations
In an expected move, the leading organization of the far-right “constitutional sheriffs” movement has endorsed…
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Authoritarians Must Break Your Will to Resist — So What Can You Do About it?
There were many people, apparently, who voted for Trump who justified it with plain vanilla…
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Trump’s Cabinet (and Other) Picks Paint Picture of a Christian Nationalist ‘Kakistocracy’
Benjamin Franklin’s hope and warning, “A republic, if you can keep it,” resonates with too…
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Phoning It In: ‘Heathen’ Isn’t a Neutral Religious Description — It’s Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and…
Read MoreWith no Viable Alternative on Ballot, Anti-immigrant Movement Claims Victory and Releases Wish Lists
When a fundamentally punitive position is embraced by both candidates, you can pretty much bank…
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New Doc Claiming Columbus was Jewish May Have Some Accuracy Issues — But There’s a Far Bigger Issue We Need to Reckon With
Speculations that Italian Americans’ problematic hero, Christopher Columbus, might have actually been Jewish were all…
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PRRI’s Robert P. Jones Discusses Authoritarianism, Christian Nationalism, and What the 2024 Election is Really About
Like a comet closing in on Planet Earth, the US presidential election is hurtling toward…
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This is No Ordinary Anti-Blackness — The Racist History of the Pet-Eating Conspiracy
By now readers are likely familiar with the claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio…
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The Overwhelming Whiteness and Increasing Maleness of U.S. Churches isn’t an Accident — It’s a Selling Point
In a recent front-page article, New York Times religion reporter Ruth Graham explores a historic…
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Is ‘Western Self-Hatred’ the Problem in the Gaza War Protest Movement?
After listening to a 90-minute comprehensive webinar on campus protests and antisemitism, led by a…
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