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Fool of a Took: Palantir’s Fascism on Campus
This week it was revealed that White House deputy chief of staff and avid White nationalist Stephen Miller, the man behind ...
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On Tenth Anniversary Obergefell Ruling, Christian Right Still Waging War on Marriage Equality Though Likely to Lose This Battle
This week marks the 10th anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed same-sex ...
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Bad Muslim, Good Candidate? Mamdani’s Campaign Disrupts ‘Electability’ of Islamophobia
Against all odds and the will of billionaires and establishment Democrats, Zohran Mamdani is the 2025 Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City. The New York Times (about which the less said the ...
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On the 'Violent-Prayer-a-Day' Christian Education of Dr. Vance Boelter, Alleged Killer of Minnesota Democrats - Religion Dispatches
Above is a photograph I took in March 2024 of the lobby of Christ for the Nations Institute, a Bible college in Dallas that the Minnesota political murders suspect, Vance Boelter, appears online to ...
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“I Don’t Do Horror, Ryan Coogler” — Black Magic’s Dr. Yvonne Chireau on Sinners and Bringing Hoodoo to Life - Religion Dispatches
It was my absolute pleasure to chat with Dr. Yvonne Chireau, author of the iconic Black Magic and official Hoodoo consultant for Ryan Coogler’s latest smash hit, Sinners. If you don’t know her work, ...
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Silence of the Nuns — Oscar Darling ‘Conclave’ Contains Subtle Indictment of Catholic Church’s Views on Women - Religion Dispatches
There are many pleasures for students of the Catholic Church in Conclave—which recently received eight Oscar nominations—from the glimpses behind the doors of the uber-secretive papal conclave itself ...
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Proud to be [a Real] American — Lee Greenwood's 'God Bless the USA' and the Politics of the 'Apolitical'
When you’re raised in an authoritarian Christian community you can never quite comfortably fit into, you learn early on about the ambiguity of language. Words like “love,” for example, mean very ...
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While Nixon Sought to Secretly 'Screw' Political Enemies Trump's Dictatorial Desires Are Less Modest - Religion Dispatches
On August 16, 1971, White House Counsel John Dean circulated a confidential memo to Nixon loyalists titled "Dealing with our Political Enemies" which proposed a plan for the administration to best ...
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Heritage Foundation’s Christian Nationalist ‘Project Esther’ Won’t Combat Antisemitism — But it Will Weaponize Jews - Religion Dispatches
On the anniversary of October 7, the Heritage Foundation released Project Esther: A National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. The 33-page document calls on the federal government to use ...
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Packed with Threats of Political Violence, Media Largely Ignore the NAR's 'Million Women' Rally in DC - Religion Dispatches
On October 12th one of the most remarkable political statements of any religious leader in this or any election season was broadcast live from an all-day rally of tens of thousands of people on the ...
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A Love Letter (and Challenge) to Evangelical Women, 'For Our Daughters' Documents Devastating Cost of Christian Patriarchy - Religion Dispatches
Being of voting age in an American presidential election year is messy business. This has always been the case. A two-party system often means choosing the lesser of two evils—deciding which of one’s ...