Holly Meyer

Holly Meyer is an author at Religion News Service.

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Conservative Christians praise Trump’s anti-abortion record but say he’s stopped short of the goal

By Holly Meyer and Tiffany Stanley — April 9, 2024
(AP) — As Republican-led states have outlawed or further restricted abortion, Democrats believe the fight over abortion rights helps them at the polls.

US Jews upset with Trump’s latest rhetoric say he doesn’t get to tell them how to be Jewish

By Peter Smith and Tiffany Stanley — March 26, 2024
(AP) – This week, Trump charged that Jewish Democrats were being disloyal to their faith and to Israel.

Victims of Catholic nuns rely on each other after being overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis

By Tiffany Stanley — March 18, 2024
(AP) — Women in religious orders have also been abuse victims — but they have been perpetrators too.

Chief justice’s Christian reasoning in IVF opinion sparks alarm over church-state separation

By Tiffany Stanley and Peter Smith — February 23, 2024
(AP) — By citing verses from the Bible and Christian theologians in his concurring opinion, Chief Justice Tom Parker alarmed advocates for church-state separation, while delighting religious conservatives who oppose abortion.

Antisemitism and safety fears surge among US Jews, survey finds

By Tiffany Stanley — February 13, 2024
(AP)  — The American Jewish Committee, a prominent advocacy organization, conducted the survey last fall just as the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7. The number of American Jews who say they feel less secure in the U.S. jumped 22% from last year’s survey.

In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

By Lea Skene and Tiffany Stanley — November 30, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cases of clergy abuse among African Americans are underreported, experts say, and the U.S. Catholic Church generally does not publicly track the race or ethnicity of victims.

In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

By Lea Skene and Tiffany Stanley — November 29, 2023
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cases of clergy abuse among African Americans are especially underreported, according to experts.

Can South Carolina’s Haley and Scott woo the GOP’s white evangelical base away from Trump?

By Tiffany Stanley — August 22, 2023
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — Both candidates of color must appeal to their party’s white evangelical base to have a prayer against former President Donald Trump.

Adidas is donating Yeezy sales to anti-hate groups. US Jews say it’s making best of bad situation

By Luis Andres Henao, Mariam Fam, and Tiffany Stanley — August 3, 2023
(AP) —Adidas is releasing more Yeezy sneakers this week via an online sale, the second such drop since the company cut ties with Ye in October after he made antisemitic and other offensive statements online and in interviews.

Crowded GOP field vies for the Christian Zionist vote as Israel’s rightward shift spurs protests

By Tiffany Stanley — July 20, 2023
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Christians United For Israel's annual summit has become a regular stop for Republicans wishing to showcase their pro-Israel and conservative Christian bona fides to the mostly white evangelical audience.
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