Religion

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

How Christian Nationalists Use Transphobia to Get Votes

A rural Wisconsin pastor explains why God’s compassion has no room for hate

The Christian Right’s Playbook to Elect Donald Trump in November

And how voters can use the tools of democracy to counter their plans

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.

Land of Liberty

Myth-making in the early American republic
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Religion
February 26, 2024

In Short Measures Life May Perfect Be

In an age overrun by our relentless desire for more—whether more wealth or more productivity from limited soil—Wendell Berry’s writings offer a way to find wholeness in life’s finitude

David Barr, Sightings
Midwest Connections
January 29, 2024

On Caucus Day in Iowa, a Different Kind of Spin Cycle

Ordinary acts of care teach us to look beyond false claims to glory