Elections
Essay
The Politics of Poverty and Race
This month marks 51 years since Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty” speech. On January 8, 1964, during his State of the Union address, he urged …
By Jamil Drake
Interview
Do Liberals Always Win? An Interview with Stephen Prothero
On October 23, Stephen Prothero spoke at Washington University in St. Louis as part of the Danforth Distinguished Lectures, sponsored by the John C. Danforth …
By Jack West
Report
The Protestant Mainline Goes to Washington
On a Sunday morning this past October, some 1,500 preachers and ministers across the country joined in a nationwide protest they called Pulpit Freedom Sunday. …
By Gene Zubovich
Essay
After the Midterms, Where Can Congress and Obama Find Consensus?
Abetter-than-expected performance in the recent congressional midterm elections left the Republican Party in control of both houses of Congress. Not only did the GOP capture …
By Dan Cox
Interview
The State of Interfaith Work: An Interview with Welton Gaddy
The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy might seem like an unlikely champion for interfaith activism and for the separation of church and state. Raised in what …
By Max Perry Mueller
Profile
Meet Chad Connelly, the Republican Party’s Faith Ambassador
On a Thursday morning in early September, a handful of Louisiana pastors gathered at a Baptist church on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain to …
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux
The States Project
Illinois: An Autoworker Reconciles God and Mammon
An Autoworker Reconciles God and Mammon.
By Christopher D. Cantwell
Review
Us v. Them: The Pitfalls of Righteous Rhetoric
Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America By Leslie Dorrough Smith Oxford University Press, 2014 On June 19 of this year, the …
By Emily Johnson
The Table
Amnesty Is Not the Answer Without Genuine Border Security
Over the last several years numerous prominent evangelical officials and agencies have assertively advocated mass legalization of illegal immigrants as a biblical imperative. They joined …
By Mark Tooley
The Table
The Blame Belongs to House Republicans
Long a priority of the faith community, comprehensive immigration reform is dead. Our response to thousands of unaccompanied children arriving at our southern border points …
By Jacob Lupfer