Two days before Christmas, readers of the New York Times opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery over ...

Lacking examples or evidence, a recent screed by newly-minted evangelical Molly Worthen isn't analysis—it's apologetics. Two days before Christmas, readers of the New York Times opinion page were ...

Trying to cover every religious racket connected to the Trump administration proves to be an exercise in futility. Here are a ...

When Minnesota Governor Tim Walz invoked Anne Frank while criticizing ICE deportations in his state, the backlash was ...

In honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting some of our favorite pieces from 2025 by or about Black experts, activists, and artists. What an incredible year for Black creativity, insight, and ...

The image above is an altered detail from a video posted on X by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, along with a series of still photographs from her tour of the El Salvador prison to which ...

This year marks the tenth anniversary of The Book of Mormon the musical on Broadway. If this show were an actual Mormon, a tenth is what would be given away as a tithe to God. Thanks to the pandemic, ...

The Senate approved the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) yesterday, authorizing nearly $900 billion in military spending next year—and all but guaranteeing federal recognition for the ...

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the rhetoric of the religious and political Right has heard it: the sound of a critical moment in a bad horror movie. It’s the moment when we learn that the ...

If someone from 1965 were to arrive in a time machine, there’s likely much about our current state of affairs that would shock them. But I cannot imagine anything that would be more confusing than the ...

“The right wing has nothing like this. Anywhere in the country. for any purpose.” Over the weekend, a far-right Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and ...