In the aftermath of the Bondi Beach massacre on Dec. 14, 2025, when a father and son inspired by ISIS murdered 15 Hanukkah celebrants in Sydney, Australia, some observers—particularly on the political right—rushed to assign blame not only to the…
Latter-Day Saints Open First-Ever Temple In Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s Mormon community have a new place to worship following the opening of the first-ever temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
People Who Left ‘MAGA Christianity’ Share What It Really Took To Step Away
For many Americans raised in conservative Christian environments, faith once felt like a matter of personal conviction and community — not overt political allegiance. But over the past decade, the boundary between belief and ideology has blurred.
Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion
Representational government rests on a simple idea: that the laws the nation lives under generally reflect what the public wants. In the United States, few issues test that idea more than abortion.
Shooting incidents unsettle Muslims as Ramadan begins
Days after the holy month of Ramadan began, shootings targeting an imam in Utah and an Islamic center in Pennsylvania have rattled Muslim Americans as they look forward to weeks in which they gather frequently and in large numbers.
Laura Loomer and other Jewish conservatives sound alarm over Tucker Carlson’s White House access
Jewish figures on the far right are increasingly expressing concerns about President Donald Trump’s handling of an antisemitism rift among the Republican party, after its instigator Tucker Carlson reportedly visited the White House for the third time in weeks on…
Music and art can save the world, if we let them
dI was in the kitchen doing dishes when the sound stopped me. Froze me in place. I went to the living room to check it out. I knew the face and the voice but not the song. So of course,…
When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate more
Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two white Minneapolis residents killed in January 2026 by federal agents while protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policy, have become household names. National media outlets continue to focus on their deaths and the circumstances around them.
Greece’s crackdown on mosques is aimed at flushing out migrants, Muslim advocates say
In early February, a few weeks before the beginning of Ramadan, Greece’s minister of migration and asylum, Thanos Plevris, announced a nationwide sweep to close down “illegal places of worship,” specifically mentioning more than 60 unregistered mosques that are operating…
Australia begins sweeping public inquiry probing antisemitism after Bondi Beach killings
A wide-ranging federal inquiry began on Tuesday into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen believed to be inspired by the Islamic State group allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival in December.
Donald Trump’s Violent Mentality is Quite Literally Biblical
One could be forgiven for coming away from Leighton Woodhouse’s “Donald Trump, Pagan King” op-ed in the New York Times with the nagging suspicion that he hasn’t actually read the biblical or ‘Pagan’ writings on which he bases his claims….
Prayer app Hallow faces backlash over Lenten partnership with Tucker Carlson
On Wednesday (Feb. 18), Tucker Carlson released the latest episode of “The Tucker Carlson Show” on X, drawing a furor of online discussion after announcing that Hallow, a Catholic prayer and meditation app, would sponsor the program during Lent.