Gov. Mike DeWine, the other Catholic politician from Ohio, beyond Vice President JD Vance, is a non-household name beyond the Buckeye State.
Birmingham church bombing wasn’t an isolated act of terrorism – there were dozens of attacks on Black houses of worship during the Civil Rights Movement
Sept. 15 marks the anniversary of an infamous terror attack: the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. On that Sunday morning, members of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group, planted dynamite on the east…
Whistleblower claims Trump’s campus antisemitism crackdown was a cash grab
A new whistleblower report alleges that the Trump Administration’s investigations into campus antisemitism were merely efforts to extract millions from universities, under the pretense of rooting out hate.
The only humanist in Congress on Christian nationalism, privilege and protecting democracy
Democratic Congressman Jared Huffman has represented California’s second congressional district since 2013 and serves as the ranking member on the Committee on Natural Resources and on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He is also the only member of Congress…
U.S. ambassador calls settlers who sieged Palestinian homes in Qusra ‘terrorists’
The West Bank settlement movement’s leadership joined with one of its most prominent defenders, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, in condemning an Israeli settler outpost set up in a Palestinian family’s yard.
Trump approval still underwater in Utah, but his ‘heirs apparent’ rated better
About a year and a half into his second term, President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Utah voters continues to be underwater.
Emerging Anti‑Immigration Sentiment In Japan Obscures Surprising Islamic History
A recent increase in anti-immigrant sentiment in Japan has led people from some religious and ethnic groups who were not born in Japan to face hostility. Hate speech has spread on social media, and some mosques have been targeted with…
Israel’s Christians rely on faith and allies as they fear rising harassment
Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked in Jerusalem’s Old City — but she’s now accompanied by a Jewish volunteer for protection.
How The Passion Translation’s Problems Hid in Plain Sight
On March 7, 2014, Brian Simmons spoke at Harvest Time Church, an Assemblies of God congregation in Greenwich, Connecticut. He encouraged the crowd to follow God’s will, regardless of their own human qualifications. He gave examples of biblical heroes who had been…
Israel’s Ben-Gvir advocates killing ’30 to 40′ people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage
An extremist Israeli lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition publicly advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night, comments that surfaced Sunday and were quickly shared by Palestinian media.
The Innocuous-Sounding Glue That Binds the Global Right
The majority of the homepage is occupied by a pair of buildings. On the left is the 2000-year-old Roman Pantheon, whose famous inscription informs the onlooker that “Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius built this during his third consulship.” On the…
Want To Solve A Murder? Ask An Anglican Priest For Help.
There’s something about priests solving murders in small towns that people love. From “Father Brown” to “Broadchurch” to “Wake Up Dead Man” to “Evil” to South Korea’s “The Firey Priest,” it’s fascinating to see how common the trope is when…