The Slingshot: Evangelical character; Moore’s ‘sermon’; Progressives empowered

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Barbra Nipper wears a cross in support of former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore during Moore’s campaign party Aug. 15, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)


Need to know: Thursday, December 14, 2017

Alabama fallout: Does character count?

Maybe not. Rank-and-file white evangelical Republicans in Alabama voted for Roy Moore just as they did for Donald Trump.

Roy Moore turns refusal to concede into religious crusade: ‘Immorality sweeps over the land’

He spins his election loss into a fiery video, claiming Americans have replaced God with “abortion, sodomy and materialism.”

Trump and the Religious Right have made the Religious Left unavoidable

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Americans see more jingle, less Jesus in Christmas celebrations

A new survey tracks Americans shift toward an all-party-no-theology holy day that’s “about a mall and not a manger.”

Homeland Security wants its employees to learn mindfulness, but is that the best way to build resilience?

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