Convergence of Far-Right, Anti-Democratic Factions in the Northwest Could Provide a Model for the Rest of the Nation
The city of Spokane, Washington sits at the eastern edge of the state—a mountain range…
Read Moretennessee
Largely Overshadowed by the Election, ‘Red Pill, Blue Pill’ Transcends Standard Explanations of Conspiracy Culture Which is ‘Killing Us All’
Mat Staver, cofounder of the right-wing legal activist group Liberty Counsel, seems to think that…
Read More
As a Minister I’m Fed Up With Anti-Trans Legislation Written by Adults to Pick on Children, All in the Name of Religious Freedom
Last month in Louisiana, my home, a member of our state legislature introduced legislation designed…
Read More
Arkansas’s Creationism Bill is Also Motivated by Anti-Trans Bigotry
The average American might not realize that the prejudices and superstitions that underlie the push…
Read More
Derek Chauvin’s Defense, in Keeping with a Long Racist Tradition, Seeks to Criminalize George Floyd
On the first day of the George Floyd trial, Eric Nelson, the attorney for Minneapolis…
Read More
Reactions to Biden’s Korean-American Secret Service Agent Expose Christian Nationalism’s Anti-Asian Side
Two weeks after the historic Capitol riots, Joe Biden’s inauguration finally removed Donald Trump from…
Read More
To Get Through This Time We’ll Have to Shred the ‘Racial Contract’ and Choose Solidarity Over Sacrifice
In a March poll, respondents asked to choose whether the federal government’s priority should be…
Read More
What We Actually Mean By ‘Sacrifice’ During the Pandemic Makes All the Difference
In the wake of COVID-19 and its continuing casualties, we’re inundated with references to human…
Read More
The Man Who Hoarded 17,000 Bottles of Sanitizer Did Nothing Wrong ― And That’s the Problem
Matt Colvin got thoroughly roasted on the internet this past weekend. Twitter was strewn with…
Read More
Junior Falwell Unmasked Conservatism; Let’s Thank Him For It
I suppose we owe Jerry Falwell Jr. a debt of gratitude. I’m serious. Falwell is…
Read More