“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...
When a Huffington Post reporter recently asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt who chose Budapest as the site for a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladamir Putin, she shot back: “Your mom did.” A moment…
A pressure campaign by billionaire Elon Musk and conservative Christian groups has succeeded: The FBI said Oct. 5 it no longer will work with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League, two groups that monitor extremism, Associated Press…
The politicization of democracy is one of the most disturbing precedents of Donald Trump’s second presidency, Democracy Forward President Skye Perryman said during a livestreamed conversation with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. American democracy and constitutional freedoms never have endured the…
Honest Americans need a shorthand way of challenging President Donald Trump and his MAGA followers, says Eddie Glaude Jr. of Princeton University. He suggests a simple phrase: “You’re lying.” “Within the context of faith, the Christian tradition, those who claim…
The U.S. military sank Venezuelan vessels at least six times since early September. A strike on Oct. 14 killed six people. After a strike on Oct. 17, the U.S. took survivors into custody, and the death toll from these attacks…
One reason there is such a dissonance between the church and the culture in the United States is because the church has gotten lazy. In the early days of my time in Abilene, Texas, at Crescent Heights Baptist Church, Hardin-Simmons…
Earlier this month, the conservative evangelical “King’s Army” spewed homophobia at Londoners and I was transported back to being a closeted queer teenager. Hearing those same sentiments at a young age was what made me realize my childhood church was not a…
What’s a four-letter word that means feces? Dung. What’s a four-letter word for something many people love to do with a partner multiple times per month? Golf. Thus, if you need to instruct someone to hit a manure ball with…
“I don’t know if I’ve started ignoring everything because I got used to the ugliness, or because the smell of cannabis makes it easier not to care.” With these words, Ftoun, 15, a Syrian refugee working in cannabis fields in the plains…
A think tank report on political violence published a day after Charlie Kirk’s murder found right-wing violence has killed many more Americans than left-wing attacks over the past half century. Conservatives quickly condemned the report and called for its withdrawal….
The current run of failures in leadership and difficulties applying our disciplinary processes won’t be the death of the Anglican Church in North America. Far from it. I make that prediction as one of a small group of people who…
Last week, PRRI released our flagship American Values Survey. In this unprecedented political moment, we find party polarization remains a pernicious and growing aspect of American politics. That Republicans and Democrats remain polarized in their views on a range of public…
