As massive immigration enforcement actions were underway in Minnesota this January, the Department of Homeland Security released a video that, at first glance, appeared to resemble a cinematic trailer.
Catholics fight Trump’s attempt to seize their land for border wall
The Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces, N.M., is fighting the Trump administration’s attempt to seize a portion of its property to build a border wall. The federal government has its eye on a stretch along the southern base of Mount…
Judge says Trump concoted case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A federal judge dismissed criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia after determining the Trump administration concocted the case to justify the immigrant’s deportation to El Salvador. “The objective evidence here shows that, absent Abrego’s successful lawsuit challenging his removal to…
Virginia church steps in to support Black student group at Mizzou
Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., announced Sunday it will financially support the Legion of Black Collegians after the University of Missouri ended designated funding for several affinity organizations amid federal scrutiny of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. During…
Anti-Christian Bias report exalts Calvinism and lies as normative
It is no secret that Donald J. Trump is intent on exacting retribution on his perceived enemies. Top of his list is former President Joe Biden. While the recently released report by the Justice Department’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian…
Colorado high court challenges RFK Jr on transgender care
The Colorado Supreme Court has issued a ruling siding with transgender patients who sued a hospital that stopped providing gender-affirming care due to fear of retaliation by the Trump administration. The May 18 opinion reversed a trial court’s denial of…
What I saw and heard in DC this weekend
Evangelicals flocked to Washington, D.C., over the weekend to attend the Trump administration’s “Rededicate 250” event on Sunday, which was billed as “rededicating” the country to being “one nation under God.” The night before Trump’s official event — funded by public money…
American historian debunks Rededicate 250 revisionism
“The United States of America was not founded as a Christian nation,” historian Heather Cox Richardson insisted in her May 17 “Letters from an American” column. The professor of history at Boston College used her Sunday writing to comment on…
Proposed Pell grant change misses the meaning of education
The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would tie the availability of Pell grants and student loans to the earning potential of degree programs. This proposal is beyond terrible for a multitude of reasons. First, it ignores the actual…
Evangelicals will dominate at ‘Rededicate 250’ this weekend
A cast of Trump-supporting Christian nationalists will participate this Sunday in “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving” on the National Mall. The event is scheduled to take place at the exact time most American Christians are…
Christian schools endangered by new Trump rule
The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that could devastate Christian higher education by tying student loans to the earning potential of degree programs. The earnings metric would require recipients of undergraduate degrees to earn more in median income…
The guardrails preserving our democracy
I want to consider some good news today. The good news is that certain cultural, political and legal guardrails are holding against Donald Trump and his government right now. I am not suggesting our democracy is in the clear. I…