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Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next
The shape of the Christian nationalist movement in the post-Roe future is coming into view, and it should terrify anyone concerned for the future of constitutional democracy.
How the Christian right took over the judiciary and changed America
Leaders of the movement understood very well that if you can capture the courts, you can change society
The Democratic Party Is Shedding Latino Voters. Here’s Why.
Republicans have deftly targeted this election-swinging voter demographic with a massive investment in media and messaging.
How Christian Nationalism Perverted the Judicial System and Gutted Our Rights
Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft decision, steeped in authoritarian strains of religious dogma, is a road map for further erosions of the liberties all Americans enjoy.
Why Was a Catholic Hospital Willing to Gamble With My Life?
More than 20 states are poised to ban or severely restrict abortion if the Supreme Court decides to overturn or undermine Roe v. Wade this year....
The Shock Troops of the Next Big Lie
How the Christian nationalist movement’s well-funded strategists are aiming at voters in Virginia and beyond for 2024
Christian Nationalism Is One of Trump’s Most Powerful Weapons
The most serious attempt to overthrow the American constitutional system since the Civil War would not have been feasible without the influence of America’s Christian nationalist movement. One year later, the movement seems to have learned a lesson: If it tries harder next time, it may well succeed in making the promise of American democracy a relic of the past.
The Shock Troops of the Next Big Lie
How the Christian nationalist movement’s well-funded strategists are aiming at voters in Virginia and beyond for 2024
How Big Money Is Dividing American Catholicism
A schism in the faith between liberals and conservatives is being exacerbated by a group of plutocrats.
The Roots of Josh Hawley’s Rage
Why do so many Republicans appear to be at war with both truth and democracy?
Trump or No Trump, Religious Authoritarianism Is Here to Stay
Their unlikely ally may have lost the White House, but Christian nationalists still plan to win the war.
Betsy DeVos’s Plot to Enrich Private Schools Amid the Pandemic
The secretary of education wants religious schools to flourish at the public system’s expense; and she’s doing it under the cover of the coronavirus crisis.
Coronavirus home schooling highlights the religious right’s education system influence
Parents have rights, but I believe children have rights, too — to an environment free from exploitation and to a meaningful education.
Mike Pompeo and the Global Holy War Against Liberal Democracy
Under the guise of religious liberty, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is pushing repressive ideas about religion that offer cover to authoritarian regimes.
FX’s Jane Roe deathbed confession reveals the abortion lie at the heart of the religious right
The religious right worked to convince McCorvey that abortion was the great defining evil of our time. Then they used her story to push the same line on vulnerable Americans.
The Religious Right’s Hostility to Science is Crippling Our Coronavirus Response
Trump’s response to the pandemic has been haunted by the science denialism of his ultraconservative religious allies.
Don’t Let Trump Pay Back Evangelicals Like This
New rules promulgated by his administration to advance ‘religious freedom’ will actually restrict it.
Faith Militant
How today’s religious right functions as a shadow political party
The Real Meaning of ‘Religious Liberty’: A License to Discriminate
This is the real meaning of “religious liberty”: the privilege enjoyed by certain favored groups to hold special status in our society, to claim public money and resources for themselves, and to identify a despised other and organize around their contempt of that enemy.
Bill Barr Thinks America Is Going to Hell
Why would a seemingly respectable, semiretired lion of the Washington establishment undermine the institutions he is sworn to uphold, incinerate his own reputation, and appear to willfully misrepresent the reports of special prosecutors and inspectors general, all to defend one of the most lawless and corrupt presidents in American history?