On the surface, the case argued before the Supreme Court Jan. 17 is about two Atlantic fisheries upset about the federal regulations that restrict them. But dive a little deeper and you’ll see the bigger issue: Decades-old battles over how…
Trump keeps wooing evangelical voters through grievance and promises of protection
“He’s the only savior I can see,” one woman told a reporter as she explained her plans to vote for Donald Trump for the third time this fall. “I believe Trump is appointed by God — appointed-slash-anointed, however you want…
New history sees CCM as a ‘soundtrack’ for white evangelicalism
“What can one learn about the development of evangelicalism by looking at CCM, one of the largest, most profitable forms of mass media produced in the 20th century?” asks Leah Payne in her new book, God Gave Rock and Roll…
Democracy Forward works to defend American values, disrupt Christian nationalists
Many Christians rejoiced after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. They cheered him on as he embraced Christian nationalist activists working overtime to marry church and state and to restrict the rights of non-Christians. Not Skye Perryman. She had…
Florida GOP ousts chairman under investigation for alleged rape
The Republican Party of Florida has removed Chairman Christian Ziegler from his job as lawmakers attempt to move past a sexual assault probe ensnaring a GOP power couple. The party booted Ziegler in a vote behind closed doors, Republican state Sen….
Here’s the truth: Project Veritas had a rough 2023
This article was significantly updated Jan. 9 based on new information from Project Veritas. Project Veritas, a right-wing group that promised to expose the truth about liberal groups through undercover operations, secret videos, misinformation and conspiracy theories, saw its…
Look for battles over transgender care for minors to accelerate in 2024
“At least 510 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in state legislatures across the United States last year — a new record, according to American Civil Liberties Union data as of Dec. 21. That’s nearly three times the number of such bills introduced in…
Schiess shows how politicians use and abuse Scripture to shape history and hermeneutics
“Go pick up a Bible off your shelf and read it. … That’s my worldview,” said newly elected U.S. speaker of the House Mike Johnson when asked how he would weigh the many issues he confronts. Johnson joins a long…
Sex scandal raises questions for Moms for Liberty and Florida GOP
Bridget Ziegler and her husband, Christian, like to have three-party sex with another woman. Threesomes are not illegal, but some people consider them immoral, which has raised problems for the Florida power couple. Both have promoted so-called “Don’t Say Gay”…
Vote Common Good challenges evangelicals and Catholics to dump Trump and forsake Christian nationalism
Politics always was secondary for Doug Pagitt, who spent three decades serving as a pastor in Minnesota. He served at Wooddale Church under Leith Anderson, president of the National of Association of Evangelicals, and later founded Solomon’s Porch, an innovative…
Evangelical children ministry ‘sounds alarm’ about proposed LGBTQ rule change
Lifeline Children’s Services, a ministry co-founded decades ago by a Baptist elder and now claims to be the country’s “largest evangelical adoption and child welfare agency,” is sounding an alarm about a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health…
Supreme Court won’t hear case seeking to overturn conversion therapy ban
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up the case of a Christian counselor who claimed a state law in Washington barring conversion therapy for gay youth infringed on his constitutional rights of speech and religion. This ends the…