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Supreme Court hears case of parents wanting to opt out of story time

Should evangelical parents be allowed to opt-out their children’s participation in public school lessons they find objectionable, and how far should those objections be allowed to go? These are some of the key questions debated at the U.S. Supreme Court…

Despite court order, Trump still denies unaccompanied children legal counsel

Unaccompanied migrant children continue to face immigration judges without legal assistance despite a court order to resume the service. More than a dozen nonprofit legal organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration in March to renew $200 million…

If Republicans harm Social Security, they will pay for generations

The American public is having economic nightmares. Anxiety grows over the price of eggs, uncertainty about tariffs, inflation and tens of thousands of workers being fired. At the apex of the anxiety sits the proposed 2025 federal budget. If the…

Earth Day: Trump’s EPA promotes evangelical myth that environmentalism is a false religion

Today’s Earth Day commemoration is the first since the United States officially adopted the falsehood that conservative evangelicals have embraced for decades: That people concerned about the environment and climate change are motivated by anti-Christian religion. Lee Zeldin, President Donald…

Indiana is latest state legislature asked to endorse Christianity

A bill in the Indiana House of Representatives calls on state government to acknowledge “the need for divine providence” and “submit its ways to the Lord Jesus Christ.” House Resolution 53 also declares the Indiana House of Representatives “is unified…

A conservative Baptist’s prayerful appreciation for Pope Francis

“Pope Francis has died.” Those words were the first banner I saw on my iPhone when I woke up Easter Monday. The Supreme Pontiff and Bishop of Rome (yes, it’s hard for a Baptist to type those words) died at 7:35…

Trump’s attack on Harvard is Christian universities’ ‘worst nightmare’

The Trump administration’s attacks on Harvard are Christian universities’ “worst nightmare,” according to retired Christian university sociology professor John Hawthorne. What Trump and his allies are doing in demanding radical changes from Harvard could establish a precedent that could be…

Burge documents Trump’s gains with non-white evangelicals

Donald Trump’s gains with nonwhite evangelical voters is one of several explanations Ryan Burge offers for what happened in the 2024 presidential election. The story of white evangelical support for Trump has been documented time and again, but what made…

Will the Real Donald Trump please stand up?

On the original game show To Tell the Truth, four celebrity panelists were presented with three contestants whose unusual occupations or experiences, as announced by the program’s host, were deciphered in a series of questions the panelists asked the contestants….