Religion

A Fighting Faith

How a decades-long battle to protect religious freedom in the military is taking on Christian Nationalism

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

What Counts as American Religion?

A new history reconsiders who belongs in American religious history and what should count as religion

Will Leo XIV Be the Labor Pope?

Will the U.S. Catholic church revive its legacy of support for migrant farmworkers and organized labor?

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

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

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

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

Miigwechiwendam: To Be Thankful

What a thousand-year-old Indigenous prayer teaches us about reciprocity and healing from the destructive consumption of our society
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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

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

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.