With ‘Vermin’ Remark Trump Crosses Fully into Nazi Territory
One of the most dangerous things about Donald Trump is the way he has normalized…
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Holocaust Humor and The ‘Real’ Germany — As Top Officials Shatter Post-WWII Taboos, German Conservatives Follow GOP Playbook and Charge Ahead
Germany has often been lauded for its memory culture and its reckoning with its fascist,…
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Christian Nationalist Bestseller Rooted in Volk, Homeland, and Patriarchy is ‘Blood Relation’ of a Certain 20th Century German Manifesto
As a researcher, I’ve tracked the ascendance of White Christian nationalism in the United States…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Genocide Rhetoric Creates a Permission Structure for the Right — But Permission to do What?
Even for her, it was a chilling statement. “We’re all targets now though, for daring…
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With Demons Held Responsible These Days for Everything from Covid to LGBTQ Rights, Take a Visual Tour of the History of Demonization
During our season of political madness, it took a lot to trigger a double-take, and…
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Feeding on the Faithful: How Supernatural Thinking Empowered the Third Reich
Author Eric Kurlander answers RD’s 10 Questions
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Today We Pray for Women for Whom Pregnancy is Not Good News …
For the past four years, the pro-choice “40 Days of Prayer” campaign has attempted to speak to the many religious women who seek and have abortions, because the movement will never be able to change the laws back to being pro-woman until women themselves are voting pro-choice.
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Qaddafi Dies; Should it Matter How?
Seeing what happened to Qaddafi, it is hard to deny there is not an epic arc of evil rising and consuming itself. Still, those who rage at dictators should also tremble at any tendency in their direction.
Read MoreSecret Treasure, Bible’s Real Housewives, & ‘Dear Lord, please don’t let me f-up’
Billions, miracles, and trial deaths marked this week in religion.
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The week in religion, poetically.
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