Sept. 1 marks a historic victory for child sexual assault survivors in Texas and Missouri. “Trey’s Law” has officially gone into effect, banning the misuse of nondisclosure agreements in civil settlement agreements pertaining to sexual assault claims. In Texas, this…
Trump’s DC takeover and the question of juvenile crime
President Donald Trump, who was found guilty on 34 felony convictions in 2024 but faced no penalties, now wants to change the law in Washington, D.C., to charge minors as adults. Earlier this month in a post on Truth Social,…
Pregnant veterans, criminalizing abortion and opposition to IVF
Reproductive rights continue to weaken in the United States under the Trump administration, and pregnant people are dying. It’s nearly impossible to keep up with the news as states continue to change their laws to make it harder for pregnant…
Police begin investigation into Michael Tait’s alleged sexual assaults
Note: This article includes explicit discussion of rape and sexual acts. Police in Brentwood, Tenn., have begun a preliminary investigation into former DC Talk and Newsboys singer Michael Tait, following multiple allegations of sexual assault. They confirmed the news on…
A registered sex offender is on White House fitness council
On July 31, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reviving the Presidential Fitness Test and the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. The executive order explains: “For far too long, the physical and mental health of the American…
The attack on comprehensive sexual education, from federal law to the SBC
In initiatives to remove “woke” content from school curricula across the United States, comprehensive sexual education — or CSE — is under attack. CSE programs diverge from abstinence-only curricula by nature of the problems they attempt to solve. Abstinence-only curricula…
‘Wide open spaces’: Reflections from a summer camp chaperone
Earlier this summer, I was holed up in my temporary dorm room at Converse University, groaning at my laptop while my students and our other church chaperones were outside practicing their performances for the annual camp variety show. I heard…
Two more men accuse Michael Tait of sexual assault
Two more men have come forward alleging singer Michael Tait sexually assaulted them. This time, the survivors say, the abuse occurred while Tait still was in the band DC Talk. In an interview with The Guardian, former Evanescence bandmember Jason…
Republicans are more likely to identify as evangelical Protestants than are Democrats
Republicans are significantly more likely to identify as Christians than Democrats, and they have a distinct preference for evangelical Protestant denominations. Pew Research Center’s recent Religious Landscape Survey looked at the correlation between political party (Republican and Democrat) and political…
Mark Driscoll, Chip Gaines and toxic Christian masculinity
“You’re the one who farted in your own elevator, so you’ve gotta smell it,” said Mark Driscoll in a video reacting to a 40-second clip of Joanna and Chip Gaines’ new show, Back to the Frontier. The show aims to…
Widowed Americans are more likely to be Christians
Among widowed Americans, 80% identify as Christians. That’s almost 20 percentage points higher than the national share of Christian-identifying adults, which is 62%. This is among findings of the latest Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study, which found differences in…
Orwellian ‘newspeak’ and political censorship on social media
Just days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, I wrote an analysis piece examining the rising sentiments of fascism in the U.S. political climate. Social media users felt they were in the musical “Cabaret” — a play that portrays the rise of…