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Welcoming immigrants while securing our border

Immigration and this administration’s handling of it don’t seem to go away. Recently, ICE agents unlawfully detained San Diego Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela, accusing him of unlawfully overstaying a visa. It seems like this sort of thing should not happen in…

You probably know a rapist

We talk often about how one out of every four undergraduate women is sexually assaulted during college. Everyone knows that statistic. And because everyone knows it, most of us are aware it is virtually impossible for someone not to know…

Battle over Johnson Amendment continues in court

Denying tax-exempt status to faith groups that endorse political candidates violates the constitutional rights of congregations, the Trump administration claimed in a recent court filing. The U.S. Justice Department made the argument in a brief submitted Sept. 21 in National…

What’s this all about, Pete?

America may be entering one of the strangest intersections of warfare, technology, politics, masculinity and religion in modern history. On Sept. 30, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon will establish an Office of Religious Affairs reporting directly to him….

Hegseth plans Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth plans to create an Office of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon that will “strengthen the moral, ethical and spiritual readiness of our warfighters.” Hegseth announced the new office Sept. 30 in a speech laden…

Understanding Methodists and the ‘trust clause’

The following article is republished here through BNG’s partnership with UMInsight, where it originally appeared. The “trust clause” became a familiar, if sometimes confusing, concept for many during the period when disaffiliation was possible for United Methodist churches for…

I understand what the Tompkins County DA apparently doesn’t

“Each time Jane Doe asked to stop the sexual conduct, the sexual conduct stopped.” That’s Matthew Van Houten, the Tompkins County district attorney, explaining why he didn’t charge anyone after a Cornell University student said seven fraternity brothers took part…

Tennessee botches another execution

For the second time in four months, Tennessee’s death penalty protocol has failed to work. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, inmate Christa Pike was “alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison,” her…

EEOC demands religious accommodation for anti-trans employee

The Trump administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sided with a disgruntled employee who refused to use another employee’s desired gender pronouns. The EEOC announced Sept. 30 it has reached a settlement with Generac Power Systems, a Wisconsin generator manufacturer,…

Now there’s another MAGA loyalty oath

When it comes to MAGA, there’s always another document to sign, another loyalty oath, another pledge of allegiance. Declaring MAGA purity underscores the anxiety always present in the movement. Sen. Josh Hawley, the latest MAGA darling, offers a Declaration of…

Dead or alive is the wrong question about Mitch McConnell

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky sits in a wheelchair strapped into an accessible van, flanked by staff members, absently staring straight ahead. Reporter Desiree Townsend calls out to him, “Sen. McConnell, do you want to go to work?” McConnell slowly…

Judge tosses some of Sills case but allows parts to proceed to trial

Parts of Davd Sills’ defamation case against the Southern Baptist Convention and several of its leaders have been dismissed by a federal judge while other parts will head to trial — short of an out-of-court settlement. U.S. District Judge William…

Democrats must do things differently this time

Newsom commutes all 561 Death Row sentences in California

The American people put the brakes on the backslide

Christian Crusaders want another January 6