Government shutdown just the start for America’s Biblical revolutionaries
How a data-backed Christian nationalist machine helped Trump to power
With help from a vast evangelical network and data on almost the entire US voting population, the Christian right may have found the boost it needed.
Reactionary nihilism: how a rightwing movement strives to end US democracy
Money, Lies, and God exposes a Christian nationalist movement funded by the super-rich seeking to secure their wealth at the expense of others.
We Pay, They Profit
Corruption is the operating principle of autocratic rule.
A Movement to Destroy U.S. Democracy Controls the Presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court—But What’s Behind It?
This adapted essay is based on excerpts from Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2025), which are reprinted with permission from the author and publisher.
Lettuce Pray
Is There a Relationship Between Christian Nationalism and Cyclospora? A story about big business in America getting what it wants — and letting everyone else pay the price.
The American Conservative Movement Has Failed
Assuming the republic survives, we will have to pick up the pieces. But first we must understand who and what brought us here.
The Librarians, Our Unlikely Heroes
In a documentary airing soon on PBS, we meet people who risked their jobs and their safety to resist the wave of reactionary book-burners.
Conservative Media’s Big Advantage: Money, Money, Money
There are a number of reasons why the right has a huge advantage in the information ecosystem, but what matters most is the endless river of cold, hard cash.