Caught in a Fever Dream of Originalism, Can SCOTUS Majority Learn the Lessons of Early America Before it’s Too Late?
The separation of church and state feels like bedrock in America. It is, after all,…
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Don’t Buy Alito’s Assurances: Here’s What Happens Next After Roe Falls
The leaked first draft of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson has…
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Originalism Needn’t Always Result in Abortion Bans — Just Ask al-Qaʿida?
When it comes to Roe v. Wade, some pro-choice voices have a jihadism problem. Posting…
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The End of Roe and the Assault on Trans People — Fail to See the Bigger Picture and We’ll Never Be Free
In March, the State of Texas sent investigators to Amber and Adam Briggle’s home, saying…
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Here’s What Hospital Care Could Look Like in a Post-Roe World
Over two years ago, I and a team of researchers set out to learn how…
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The End of Roe and School Prayer: America is Not Ready to Be a Christian Nation
Conservative Supreme Court justices are rewriting our Constitution. The leaked draft of Justice Alito’s majority…
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How Evangelicalism’s Twin Seeds of Biblical Literalism and Constitutional Originalism Spelled the End of Roe
According to a leaked draft opinion published by Politico, the Supreme Court’s five constitutional originalists…
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Stop Trying to Save Jesus: ‘Fandamentalism’ Reinforces the Problem of Christian Supremacism
If you’ve spent much time around fandoms, online or off, you’ve surely heard something like,…
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History Matters: On the 400th Anniversary of Plymouth We’re Still Clinging to Destructive National Myths
Within William Bradford’s massive work, Of Plymouth Plantation, composed between 1630 and 1651 while he…
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The Revelation of Kurt Andersen: With ‘Evil Geniuses’ a Media Mandarin Discovers Plutocracy
When I showed up at New York’s Judson Church in 1994 at least some of…
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