Once upon a time — way back in the 1950s and ‘60s — the wealthiest Americans paid a top tax rate of over 90%. Now, the top tax rate is 43%, but many of the richest Americans use a variety…
Lay Catholics fill the enthusiasm gap on Francis’ Synod on Synodality
When Pope Francis announced the Synod on Synodality, Robert Choiniere, a lay minister, said, “This is the thing I’ve been waiting for.”
Anti-Asian violence spiked in the US during the pandemic, especially in blue-state cities
It’s widely known that Asian Americans felt – and were – persecuted during the pandemic. But the extent of this violence, and its uneven geographic distribution across the U.S., is now much clearer, thanks to research I conducted with collaborators at the University of…
Jewish federations umbrella releases new document adding gun reform and LGBTQ advocacy back to policy priority list
Less than a week after the Jewish Federations of North America removed hot button items such as addressing gun violence and defending LGBTQ rights from their annual priorities list, the umbrella group added them back into a subsequent and more detailed…
When Billy Graham Took His Ministry Transatlantic
Billy Graham was a born salesman, and he knew it. In the summer of 1936, after graduating from high school, he crisscrossed South Carolina selling Fuller brushes door to door. By the end, he had posted the best record in…
Church of England seeks to improve its public witness
The Church of England has appointed Bishop Graham Tomlin to oversee its new Centre for Cultural Witness.
Across US, $89 Million Of Taxpayer Money Goes To Christian Abortion Alternative Programs
Six years after Roe v. Wade, Francis Schaeffer and C. Everett Koop’s book and film “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” galvanized evangelicals to declare abortion their No. 1 social and political issue.
Black seminary grads, with debt higher than others, cope with money and ministry
The Rev. Melech E.M. Thomas attended two seminaries and graduated from the second, a historically Black theological school, in 2016.
How white Christian nationalism is part of the ‘freedom convoy’ protests
Part of the “freedom convoy” occupying Ottawa are white Christian nationalists.
Vatican tries to reboot priesthood amid crisis over abuses
The Vatican opened a three-day conference Thursday on rebooting the Catholic priesthood amid a drop in vocations and a credibility crisis over the “depraved” clergy sex abuse and cover-up scandal.
Sharpton: Without no-knock warrant, Locke would be alive
The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered Thursday for Amir Locke’s funeral that the 22-year-old Black man would still be alive if Minneapolis had banned no-knock warrants.
A 300-year-old church hopes to connect with spiritual but not religious neighbors
For three centuries, Trinity Episcopal Church has tried to meet the spiritual needs of the small community of Southport, Connecticut, about an hour and a half outside of New York.