Like a comet closing in on Planet Earth, the US presidential election is hurtling toward its destination. With around two ...

On October 12th one of the most remarkable political statements of any religious leader in this or any election season was ...

Pundits, academics, and church leaders alike decry our current age as a time of partisan rancor and disunity. People, we are ...

Being of voting age in an American presidential election year is messy business. This has always been the case. A two-party system often means choosing the lesser of two evils—deciding which of one’s ...

Cait West’s insights could not be more urgent. At a time when conservative lawmakers and… ...

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In a recent front-page article, New York Times religion reporter Ruth Graham explores a historic gendered shift in church attendance. As the data show: survey after survey reveals a marked increase in ...

Dedicated to Fred Moten, inspiration and friend. After listening to a 90-minute comprehensive webinar on campus protests and antisemitism, led by a prominent Hillel rabbi at an elite university, I was ...