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May 2021

May 12, 2021

How Faith Groups Feel After Biden’s First 100 Days

Religious groups remain divided over the President’s approach to immigration, LGBTQ rights and other issues.

November 2020

November 12, 2020

For the Healing of a Nation: Five Ways Forward After the Election

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

Evangelicals and Trump: A Tipping Point

I grew up as an evangelical, but over the last few years, it has become...

July 13, 2020

SCOTUS Ruling on Religious Liberty

In an historic 6-3 Supreme Court decision handed down last month, Trump-appointed justice Neil Gorusch...

April 2020

April 17, 2020

Democratic Primary News Coverage Mishandled Faith

Journalism never fully grappled with Elizabeth Warren’s complicated use of religion. Even more than the...

March 2020

March 05, 2020

Was Jesus a Socialist?

By Jim Coppoc We’ve all seen the memes. Jesus was a Jewish socialist. Anti-government, common...

September 2019

September 16, 2019

The Senate Filibuster Explained—and Why It Should Be Allowed to Die

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democrat to argue the Senate filibuster rule stands in...

November 2018

November 03, 2018

A Pep Talk for Everyday Resisters

Our Twitter accounts are not verified, our Facebook posts do not go viral, and our...

February 2018

February 18, 2018

The Cult of Trump: Dangers of Charismatic Authority

Donald Trump's authority model includes profoundly worrying dynamics that scholars identify in cults. The charismatic...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

The Sacrifice of the Daughter: A Biblical Scholar in Alabama Responds to the Roy Moore Campaign

I teach Biblical Studies at a small liberal arts college in Birmingham, Alabama. I am...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

A Letter to Millennials on the Power of Advocacy for Global Health: A Retrospective

I grew up in a generation that didn’t vote. We had collectively come to the...

June 2017

June 01, 2017

What Would Jesus Do About Donald Trump?

As it becomes increasingly obvious that the crude, lying, egomaniacal, bigoted, impulsive, anti-science, anti-intellectual, anti-environmental...

February 2017

February 09, 2017

4 Keys to Engage in Meaningful Political Dialogue

Most of us prefer to hang out with people who share our political views. This...

January 2017

January 16, 2017

Where’s the Love?

On this Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, I have a question for my readers, particularly...

October 2016

October 06, 2016

Donald Trump “Alone” Can Define Truth

By Matthew Snider. George Orwell's monumental political novel, 1984, has been used almost endlessly...

June 2016

June 08, 2016

Why Hillary Clinton Won’t Win

There’s an easy, but not simple, answer why Hillary Clinton will not win the presidential...

June 01, 2016

We’re All In Trouble If Politics Becomes Our New Religion

In the 1980s and 90s, the American media was dramatically obsessed with documenting the rise...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

7 Goals for Progressive Millennials

Progressive voters under 30 years famously helped President Barack Obama take the presidency in 2008....

April 25, 2016

A Pro-Lifer Feeling the Bern

Conservative Christians have lost sight of what it means to be pro-life. The pro-life position...

April 21, 2016

Why Bernie Sanders Should Stay in the Race

Any call for Bernie Sanders to drop out of the Democratic race is just ridiculous....

April 08, 2016

Definitely not the ‘Hospitality State’

By James Phillips With the stroke of a pen on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Bryant proved...

April 04, 2016

Donald Trump Has Female Problems

You’ve been thinking it; now, I’ve written it. Donald Trump has female problems. I don’t...

April 01, 2016

A Modest Proposal

Whereas, it has become increasingly difficult to account for the spilt unborn seminal fluid; Whereas,...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Defensive Voting is Offensive

Confession: I was prepared to do it. I was prepared to commit defensive voting in...

March 23, 2016

Standing by Her Man: Hillary’s Choice

In 1992, when Steve Kroft of “60 Minutes” insisted that then Governor Bill Clinton and...

March 20, 2016

Trump in the Foxhole

There are so many candidates for the most ridiculous statement by a presidential contender or...

March 14, 2016

When I Was a Young Republican

When I was a Young Republican, I thought people on welfare just didn’t want to...

March 07, 2016

Is God Relevant? Hillary & Bernie Talk Faith in Latest Dem Debate

Is God relevant? To whom and for whom do you pray? These were the questions...

February 2016

February 27, 2016

What You Say Isn’t What I Hear

There’s an exercise I often used with beginning technical communicators to help them understand how...