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We Should Not Be Shocked That the Alleged Minnesota Shooter’s Christian School Is Connected to Political Violence
As coverage of the horrific shootings in Minnesota has unfolded, the focus has turned to the alleged murderer’s time at a ...
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Save the Children from Whom? America’s Queer Satanic Panic
“The Rainbow Beast Is Coming For Your Kids!” warned Indiana Lt. Gov Micah Beckwith last month, because somehow this is really happening. He cautioned the Nazis and bots still using X that this June ...
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Racial Justice
While too many American leaders are content to quibble over definitional particularities, experts are (finally)… ...
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Despite Conflation of Israel with Judaism, Anti-Zionism is More Kosher Than You Think
Do Israel’s actions in Gaza—the bombing of hospitals, apartments, and entire towns; policies of forced starvation and orders for people to flee their homes—constitute genocide? Last week South Africa ...
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I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’
If asked to recommend only two recent books on conservative, mostly white evangelicals, I would recommend Kristin Kobes du Mez’s Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and ...
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‘Anti-Zionism = Antisemitism’ isn’t Just Wrong, It’s the Problem
Earlier this year, before Hamas’ attack and Israel’s siege of Gaza, and before the House of Representatives passed a resolution declaring it so, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the ...
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Call it ‘Christian Globalism’: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part III
This is the final installment of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part II: When it Comes ...
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In the Name of the Father, Son, and Q: Why It’s Important to See QAnon as a ‘Hyper-Real’ Religion
In a May 13th article published in The Atlantic, Adrienne LaFrance offers her readers a deep dive into the QAnon movement. The article argues that when surveying QAnon, we’re not only examining a ...
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Q Shaman’s New Age-Radical Right Blend Hints at the Blurring of Seemingly Disparate Categories
Immediately, stories proliferated online about what was going on, interpretations of the root and proximate causes, alternate explanations proffered to excuse or condemn the insurrectionists. One ...
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QAnon’s Predictions Haven’t Come True; So How Does the Movement Survive the Failure of Prophecy?
John F. Kennedy Jr. is dead and has been dead for some time. In July 1999, the small plane he was traveling in crashed off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, killing him and two others. The bodies of ...
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When it Comes to Societal Dominion, the Details Matter: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation, Part II
This is the second of a three-part series. Read Part I: Christian Right Denialism is More Dangerous Than Ever: A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation & Part III: Call it ‘Christian ...