Civil Liberties
Essay
The Women Left Behind by the Pro-Life Movement
Could it be that in their quest to validate the personhood of an unborn child, the pro-life movement has diminished the personhood of a woman?
By Beth Allison Barr
Essay
The Supreme Court Is Decimating Public Education as a Common Good
When religious minorities embrace public money for their own private schools, they provide ample cover for white conservative Christians to decimate secular public education.
By Ronit Y. Stahl
Essay
Separation of Church and State Has Always Been Good for Religion
The decree of those six justices wasn’t just anti-American – it was also anti-religious.
By Ed Simon
Essay
Banning Nancy Pelosi from Communion May Have Backfired
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone banned Nancy Pelosi from receiving communion in his San Francisco diocese. But his real showdown is with Rome and the other bishops.
By David Gibson
Essay
King and Today’s Global Democratic Struggles
King’s vision was for us to create a better democratic majority through protest and negotiations.
By Randal Maurice Jelks
Interview
Why Trump’s MAGA Resonates With White Christian Nationalism
Yale University sociologist Philip S. Gorski says that people “need to be prepared for what’s coming.”
By Eric C. Miller
Essay
Burka Enforcement and Burka Bans: Where Extremist Policies Meet
Enforcing and banning women’s choices about what they wear flow from the same root idea: paternalism towards women.
By Anna Piela
Essay
American Christians “Backing the Blue”: On Faith and Policing
From the inception of the modern policing profession, supportive Christian efforts have proven to be a powerful resource.
By Aaron Griffith
Interview
Coexistence After The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting
Mark Oppenheimer discusses his new book, “Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood.”
By Marie Griffith
Interview
The Decline of Church-State Separation
Legal scholar Steven K. Green discusses the history of the principle and its uncertain future.
By Eric C. Miller