Government & Politics
The end of the pro-Christian presidency of Donald Trump
By Mark Silk — January 19, 2021
(RNS) — No president in American history has so overtly devoted himself to appealing to evangelical Christians. It wasn't enough.
Kirbyjon Caldwell, former presidential adviser who promoted ‘good success,’ sentenced to prison
By Bob Smietana — January 14, 2021
(RNS) — A former presidential adviser, Caldwell advocated for ‘good success’ — achieving financial and spiritual success while remaining moral.
The desecration of the House
By Mark Silk — January 8, 2021
(RNS) —The sacrilege lay not in the invasion of the Capitol but in the fact that it had been incited by the president of the United States.
As ‘Jericho Marchers’ descend on Washington, local faith leaders brace for attacks
By Jack Jenkins — January 5, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'Jericho Marchers' sang 'How Great Is Our God' as they processed around the U.S. Capitol holding Trump signs and waving Trump flags.
117th Congress, like the old, is overwhelmingly Christian, heavily Protestant
By Yonat Shimron and Emily McFarlan Miller — January 4, 2021
(RNS) — Whereas about a quarter (26%) of US adults are religiously unaffiliated, only one member of the 117th Congress — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema — described herself that way.
Georgia’s Black-Jewish campaign is the latest chapter in an old story
By Mark Silk — January 4, 2021
(RNS) — The experiences of the two communities in Atlanta have run parallel since the Civil War.
Jericho March plans DC return in the new year to pray Pence will overturn election
By Bob Smietana — December 31, 2020
(RNS) — A die-hard group of Trump supporters plans to march around the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol in hopes of a last-minute election miracle.
Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben named as first woman to serve as House chaplain
By Bob Smietana — December 31, 2020
(RNS) — A Presbyterian minister and longtime chaplain will be the first woman to serve as House chaplain.
In Trump they trust
By Mark Silk — December 11, 2020
(RNS) — The 'hold your nose and vote' theory of why white evangelicals went for Donald Trump is in shambles.
5 Faith-facts about VP-elect Kamala Harris, a Black Baptist with a Hindu family
By Yonat Shimron — November 7, 2020
(RNS) — Few, if any, vice presidential candidates have had as much exposure to the world’s religions as Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old senator from California whom Joe Biden picked Tuesday (Aug. 11) as his running mate.
The Trumpian breach of faith
By Mark Silk — November 4, 2020
(RNS) — Imagining what Theodore H. White would have made of the making of the president 2020.
Jewish voters edge further away from Trump
By Mark Silk — October 22, 2020
(RNS) — Republican politicians — Trump above all — have failed to grasp that Israel policy has never had much impact on the voting behavior of American Jews.
Trump in the belly of the whale
By Mark Silk — October 4, 2020
(RNS) — Will President Trump's hospital stay change his approach to COVID-19?
The ‘chai’ charm that keeps this secretary of health grounded in the value of life
By Yonat Shimron — September 17, 2020
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Mandy Cohen, North Carolina’s secretary of health and human services, has threaded the needle of this politically charged moment by balancing her devotion to scientific data and her faith.
Buffalo Catholic peace activist Martin Gugino back on his feet, determined to protest
By Yonat Shimron — September 11, 2020
(RNS) — After being knocked to the ground by two Buffalo police officers in June, Gugino is eager to press his case for the right of citizens to protest the government.
