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Religious liberty groups say they’re ready to oppose Trump

Donald Trump’s next presidency promises to be more frightening and damaging than the first given his threats against immigrants, democracy and religious liberty, said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. “As outlined in Project 2025,…

Progressive white Christian men, it’s time to get some skin in the game

This election has sent a lot of us in the middle and on the left reeling. It’s also reminded me that we have different things at stake. Nearly 60% percent of white men voted Trump. A lot of Black and…

How Trump and Harris fared with faith voters in 2024

When Donald Trump won reelection last week, exit polls show he was propelled to victory by gains in a wide swath of demographic groups and buffered, once more, by strong support from Christian voters. In fact, Trump made gains in…

Who do you blame for this election and what can be done about it?

Two days after the election, a discouraged friend asked me, “Who do you blame for this election disaster, and what can be done about it?” As I mulled over his first question, a long list of possible responses came to…

This is what it feels like to be ‘collateral damage to your rage’

Donald J. Trump has been president or running for president my entire voting life. 2016 was the first presidential election I could vote in. I remember waking up that November and feeling, like many Americans, wholly shocked by the election…

Immigrants married to U.S. citizens suffer legal setback

Unauthorized residents married to U.S. citizens suffered an ominous legal setback just two days after the election of a presidential candidate who has vowed to use mass deportation against the nation’s immigrants. U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker ruled…

Here’s the toxic racism and misogyny you let loose with a vote for Trump

If Kamala Harris had won, no Black people would be receiving text messages threatening to make them slaves again, and no women would be being told, “Your body, my choice.” When Trump wins, those things happen. And when Trump loses,…

Trump pledges to bring back prayer in schools and offer ‘school choice’ everywhere

Returning prayer to public schools and promoting “school choice” nationwide are two of 10 priorities to “rebuild” America’s education system announced by President-elect Donald Trump in a video Nov. 10. Trump’s 10-point plan echoes the ideals of Project 2025 —…

How will Trump’s victory influence the Israel-Gaza conflict?

Kamala Harris mainly evaded the Israeli-Gaza conflict during her presidential campaign, largely because anything she said would invite harsh criticism from one segment of the diverse Democratic coalition. Now that Donald Trump is headed back to the Oval Office, how…

Living as aliens

Last Tuesday, we elected a convicted felon, a mediocre businessman and a weak leader to be the 47th president of the United States. First, the part about being a convicted felon and being charged with other crimes. I started to…

Data show harsh anti-immigration practices do not work

Harsh anti-immigration policies do not dissuade migrants from repeatedly attempting to enter the U.S., according to an online panel of migration experts convened by the Center for Migration Studies. So-called “prevention through deterrence” tactics, like building border walls, restricting asylum…

The Servant-God, not Trump, is Lord of All

In September 2021, a massive billboard promoting Donald Trump loomed high above Highway 27 in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., with the words of Isaiah 9:6, a biblical text long cherished by Christians, emblazoned over an American flag: “Unto us a son…

Republicans push through more unregulated funding for ICE and CBP

Trump admin defying court order on immigration access

What was there left to argue?

Beauty, ashes and the Southern Baptist Convention