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Xenoamora over xenophobia

As the 2024 election season winds its painfully polarized way to another American election day, among the most volatile issues in the fractious orbit of political conversation are border security and immigration. As a public policy question, immigration is complex…

Climate change captures United Methodists’ election interests

As the U.S. presidential election moves into its final weeks, United Methodists are focusing attention on a global issue that’s getting little in the way of candidate and media attention: Earth’s rapidly warming environment and its effect on people. Two…

Anti-LGBTQ crusader for school choice and Project 2025 outed as a former gay porn star

A Texas crusader about the “woke” left and a contributor to Project 2025 turns out to be a former gay porn star. Corey DeAngelis is listed as a “contributor” to Project 2025 in his capacity as a senior fellow for…

Webinar highlights dangerous scope of Project 2025

There is very little Donald Trump and his allies behind Project 2025 aren’t targeting in the 900-page Christian nationalist manifesto, said Nathan Empsall, an Episcopal priest and executive director of Faithful America. Empsall moderated a recent webinar he and his…

For Our Daughters tells the stories of clergy sexual abuse survivors in their own words

“Nothing draws fire like drawing attention to sexual abuse and coverups in white evangelical churches. Nothing even comes close.” These are the words Kristin Du Mez chose to reflect on as she prepared herself on the eve of the release…

What your faith community needs to know for Suicide Awareness Month

This article discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. If you are in crisis, call or text the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You know someone, even if you don’t know it. You work with someone. Go to school with someone….

Perryman testifies about dangers of Project 2025

Project 2025 is not a hypothetical proposal but is a reality already being tested in state legislatures and federal courts, Skye Perryman warned Congress Sept. 19. Perryman, a Baylor University alumus who leads Democracy Forward, was the only witness before…

How the numbers connect declining birth rates and fear of immigrants

Al Mohler is obsessed with declining birth rates, and Donald Trump is obsessed with villainizing immigrants. It turns out there’s a connection between these two ideas. New research from Statista, reported by Katharina Buchholz, illustrates that without immigration, a dozen…

Christian nationalism drives voter suppression efforts, panelists warn

Any effort to suppress voter participation is a direct outgrowth of Christian nationalism, a panel of experts said during a Sept. 24 webinar hosted by Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and its Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign. More than…