Religion
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A Fighting Faith
How a decades-long battle to protect religious freedom in the military is taking on Christian Nationalism
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In Times of Trouble, My Mother’s History Tells Me We Shall Overcome
Our lives are marked by our creative journeys, both inward and outward
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What Counts as American Religion?
A new history reconsiders who belongs in American religious history and what should count as religion
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Will Leo XIV Be the Labor Pope?
Will the U.S. Catholic church revive its legacy of support for migrant farmworkers and organized labor?
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The Problem With J.D. Vance’s Augustine
Vance’s misguided interpretation of Christian love is an attempt to justify the jingoistic policies of “America First”
Zachary Taylor, Sightings
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In Red States, Rural Voters Are Leading the Resistance to School Vouchers
Convincing rural voters to walk away from public schools could be a greater obstacle than expected for the GOP
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Donald Trump, MAGA and the Logic of the Gun
Trump’s image as a vigilante “peacemaker” reflects the religiously-tinged violence of the American frontier
Rachel Wagner, Religion Dispatches
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Pete Hegseth’s War on Religious Freedom and the Constitution
What Pete Hegseth’s record says about where he would lead the Department of Defense
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Miigwechiwendam: To Be Thankful
What a thousand-year-old Indigenous prayer teaches us about reciprocity and healing from the destructive consumption of our society
Religion
November 4, 2024
How Christian Nationalists Use Transphobia to Get Votes
A rural Wisconsin pastor explains why God’s compassion has no room for hate
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Religion
September 15, 2024
The Christian Right’s Playbook to Elect Donald Trump in November
And how voters can use the tools of democracy to counter their plans
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Education
September 5, 2024
The Dark Money Defunding Rural Schools
A network of right-wing billionaires have bankrolled a war against public education. Now they’re stepping up attacks on rural legislators—but communities are fighting back.
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