Elana Schor

Elana Schor is an author at Religion News Service.

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In South Carolina, secular activists rival political might of black church

By Elana Schor and Jack Jenkins — February 28, 2020
CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) — Democratic candidates here are as likely to rally behind groups such as Black Lives Matter as they are to make traditional Sunday appeals to African American voters.

Democrats diverge on outreach to anti-abortion swing voters

By Elana Schor — February 19, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential hopefuls are offering different approaches to a central challenge: how to talk to voters without a clear home in the polarizing debate over the government's role in the decision to end a pregnancy.

Religious right sticks by Trump as political heat rises

By Elana Schor — October 11, 2019
(AP) — "Whatever you think of Trump personally," one evangelical supporter told Fox News recently, "it is undeniable" that he has succeeded in enacting conservative Christians' agenda.

Trump condemns religious persecution amid refugee squeeze

By Elana Schor — September 26, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — The president's promise rang hollow to advocates for persecuted religious minorities seeking refuge in the United States.
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