Uncategorized The Gospel of Climate Change Skepticism The United Nations has called climate change “the defining issue of our time.” In some corners, the global response to climate change is more urgently discussed than ever. And yet,…
Religion News Service The stories we tell about our country and our faith matter Too many influential people believe and tell the story that either a diverse America is a threat to Christianity, or that Christianity is a threat to a diverse America. But…
Religion News Service A new book encourages Christian voters ‘Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk’ Eugene Cho said he quit writing his latest book, “Thou Shalt Not Be A Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging Politics,” four times. The pastor, author and founder of the…
Uncategorized How has the fight for #LGBTQ rights changed over the last two presidential administrations? from NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/02/804873211/whiplash-of-lgbtq-protections-and-rights-from-obama-to-trump
Religion News Service Human Rights Campaign starts election-season focus on LGBTQ, religious relations The Human Rights Campaign — which works to promote LGBTQ equality — has started an election-season tour in which its president will visit houses of worship of different faiths to…
Religion News Service Few Americans see the Democratic presidential candidates as very religious, according to a survey released Thursday (Feb. 27) by Pew Research Center from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/02/27/what-religious-left-few-americans-see-democratic-presidential-candidates-as-religious/
Sojourners Do You Live Near The Toxic 100? A report today released by the United Church of Christ identifies the nation’s “Toxic 100” super polluters, naming the factories and facilities responsible for nearly half the toxic air emissions…
Kaitlin Curtice Potawatomi Christian chapel speaker Kaitlin Curtice draws ire of Baylor student group from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/02/20/potawatomi-christian-chapel-speaker-kaitlin-curtice-draws-ire-of-baylor-student-group/
Religion News Service Democrats lost white Christians. Can they win them back? from Religion News Service “Race matters more than religion right now,” said Ryan Burge, political science professor at Eastern Illinois University. https://religionnews.com/2020/02/19/democrats-lost-white-christians-can-they-win-them-back/
John Pavlovitz While Decent White People Were Sleeping, We Lost America by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/02/16/while-decent-white-people-were-sleeping-the-bigots-stole-america/
Religion News Service Report: White supremacist propaganda on college campuses doubled in 2019 from Religion News Service White supremacist groups doubled down on colleges and universities across the country in 2019, blanketing campuses and off-campus haunts with propaganda, according to a new report…
John Pavlovitz The Horrible Groundhog Days of This Presidency by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/02/02/the-horrible-groundhog-days-of-this-presidency/
Sojourners, Uncategorized When Christians Love Political Power More Than People by Stephen Mattson via Sojourners https://sojo.net/articles/when-christians-love-political-power-more-people
John Pavlovitz The White Evangelical Church Has Failed Us All by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/01/17/the-white-evangelical-church-has-failed-us-all/
Father James Martin The teaching of the Catholic Church is clear: We are against war. by Father James Martin https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/01/13/teaching-catholic-church-clear-we-are-against-war
Uncategorized Trump Tax Cut Hands $32 Billion Windfall to America’s Top Banks Savings for the top six U.S. banks from President Donald Trump’s signature tax overhaul accelerated last year, now topping $32 billion as the lenders curbed new borrowing, pared jobs and…
New York Times Trump’s Plot Against Health Care Continues by Paul Krugman at the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/opinion/obamacare-medicare-for-all.html
Brandan Robertson Deconstructing the tolerance paradox: why Conservatives’ go-to line is garbage. https://medium.com/@parkermolloy/deconstructing-the-tolerance-paradox-why-conservatives-go-to-line-is-garbage-666a1bf04a65
William Barber Evangelicals using religion for political gain is nothing new. It is a US tradition by William Barber in The Guardian No one who has read US history can be surprised by the hypocrisy of Evangelicals for Trump but it also tells us how their…
Uncategorized Poverty Grew In One-Third Of U.S. Counties Despite Strong National Economy Most of the biggest increases were in areas both rural and Southern. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poverty-rate-us-counties_n_5dfbc63ee4b0eb2264d672f1
