A Twisted Love Story: How American Evangelicals Helped Make Putin’s Russia and How Russia Became the Darling of the American Right
If someone from 1965 were to arrive in a time machine, there’s likely much about…
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Russia and the US Have More in Common Than You Might Think
As I write, Russia has invaded Ukraine, thousands of people have reportedly died, and hundreds…
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Turn on the News: Some Abortion Opponents May Opt For a New Vaccine, But Behind Their Skepticism it’s Often a Different Story — of Disinformation, Conspiratorial Thinking, and White Nationalism
In my younger, snottier days, I would have made short work of this piece by…
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New Report on (White) Christian Nationalism and the J6 Insurrection Shows Just ‘How Dire the Threat is’
Readers who follow my work will be aware of my conviction that neither the press,…
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Secularism in the US is Larger, More Diverse and More Dynamic Than Ever, But You Wouldn’t Know it From the Media
“I’m done waiting for mainstream media to cover nonreligious people and secular issues fairly and…
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Do Stormy Daniels’ Beliefs in the Paranormal Make Her Unfit to Testify in Lawsuit Against Her Former Attorney?
Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who rose to prominence as a result of her…
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Is This the End of Roe v. Wade And the End of Abortion Rights in the US?
Saturday 22 January marks 49 years since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v….
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One Year After 1/6, Media Still Refuse to Recognize Authoritarian Christianity
One of those unspoken social rules I’ve never been very good at observing is that…
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Facing White Christianity’s Role in the January 6th Insurrection
On Jan. 20, 2021, President Joe Biden became the first commander in chief to use…
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Whose House? Their House: Just Who Was Held Accountable for the 1/6 Insurrection is Telling
Almost as soon as the tear gas cleared from the Capitol grounds on Jan 6,…
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