As if we were all in the evangelical equivalent of the film Groundhog Day, America awakens in the Garden of Eden every morning. There’s always a talking snake offering us poisonous fruit. And our current snake — President Donald Trump…
From ‘The Lion’ to ‘The Tiger’: Conservative Trump allies gain ground in Catholic Latin America
When Abelardo de la Espriella takes office as Colombia’s president on Friday, he’ll become the latest conservative to helm a Latin American country.
As Trump slams Democratic ‘jihadists,’ Islamophobic candidates get bounced
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump may get away with Islamophobic language, but the same language is backfiring on some Republicans in midterm primaries. Several Republicans who have drawn national attention for outrageous comments about Muslims lost their…
IRS employee union joins fight against Trump’s slush fund
A union representing Internal Revenue Service employees has joined a lawsuit to block a $1.776 billion slush fund for President Donald Trump’s political allies and to prevent the president and his family from achieving immunity from tax audits. “At its…
Teaching Black history in the Trump age
Since assuming power, the Trump administration has aimed to guard the myth of America’s history as uniformly inclusive, above critique, and unifying, and it has protected the sensibilities of its predominantly white political base along the way.
Stop being press agents for Trump’s negativity
As a person who spends a lot of time searching for ways to create spaces for healing light to reside, I have thought about many ways in which the media world can contribute to creating a counter-narrative to the Trump…
The White House is a crime scene
The White House is often called “The People’s House.” It is supposed to symbolize public service, sacrifice and stewardship. Yet for many Americans, a troubling question now hangs over Washington: Has the presidency become the most profitable business venture in…
What are we to do with church voter guides?
Recently, a reader sent me a message expressing her displeasure at a situation that transpired in her Catholic parish. Her message read in part: “I’m livid. Our newly assigned priest used his sermon to tell us — by name —…
Supreme Court ruling annuls the idea of ‘Christian America’
Contrast this: “America’s doors are closed fully to asylum seekers.” — White House aide Stephen Miller, describing the current U.S. policy toward certain immigrants “I was a stranger and you took me in.” — Jesus of Nazareth, describing the terms…
Why do we keep sounding the alarm?
A common criticism I get here at BNG and that some of my progressive clergy friends get in their congregations is this: “Why do you have to keep talking about Donald Trump and Christian nationalism all the time? Could you…
Court finds Trump and Blanche conspired to create sham IRS lawsuit
President Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking $10 billion from the Internal Revenue Service was a total sham, a federal court has ruled. In a July 13 ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami said the litigation and the subsequent settlement…
Courts disagree on states’ access to national voter database
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has rejected the Trump administration’s request to lift a previous ruling barring use of a voter database designed to investigate and potentially purge U.S. citizens from voter rolls across the country. However, the ruling…