Government & Politics
Why some keep believing when Trumpian prophecy fails
By Mark Silk — March 23, 2020
(RNS) — Empirical evidence to the contrary doesn’t matter to true believers..
Trump poses a challenge for the US religious freedom commission
By Mark Silk — February 28, 2020
(RNS) — Trump supporters on the panel can't seem to muster criticism for the president's strongman allies.
Study: Trump’s support among GOP, white evangelicals ‘remarkably stable’
By Yonat Shimron — February 26, 2020
(RNS) — Among the groups that viewed the president unfavorably were African Americans, Hispanics, non-Christian religious Americans and religiously unaffiliated Americans.
Secular vaccination foes defend a needless religious exemption
By Mark Silk — February 21, 2020
(RNS) — Anti-vaxxers are clearly prepared to seize on any available legal means to keep their children from being vaccinated.
Pride and peril as Democrats inch toward first Jewish nominee
By Yonat Shimron — February 18, 2020
(RNS) — Even if Sen. Bernie Sanders fails to capture the Democratic nomination, the insurgent campaign of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is also Jewish, is not far behind.
When religious conviction trumps politics: The case of Mitt Romney
By Mark Silk — February 6, 2020
(RNS) — The former Republican standard-bearer puts his follow GOP senators to shame.
Breaking down Trump’s religion-heavy State of the Union
By Jack Jenkins — February 5, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The president made several appeals to faith throughout his annual speech to the nation and the U.S. Congress, some of which appear to be targeted at certain demographics.
Impeachment and the decline of constitutional faith
By Mark Silk — January 31, 2020
(RNS) — In the language of both Democrats and Republicans, the Constitution is not the sacred document it used to be.
The new wall of separation between church and state
By Mark Silk — January 26, 2020
(RNS) — It has to do with religious liberty, and the Supreme Court is building it.
Trump v. Jefferson on National Religious Freedom Day
By Mark Silk — January 21, 2020
(RNS) — A proposed Trump rule change touted as a boon for faith-based organizations would actually undermine religious freedom.
Christianity Today roils the evangelical waters
By Mark Silk — December 22, 2019
(RNS) — Whatever its effect on the impeachment debate, CT's editorial calling for Trump's removal started a fight over Billy Graham's legacy.
American Jews split over Trump executive order on combating anti-Semitism
By Yonat Shimron — December 11, 2019
(RNS) — Left-leaning Jews said the underlying purpose of the executive order was to stifle legitimate criticism of Israel and its policies toward Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
Trump’s anti-Semitism order is much ado about not much
By Mark Silk — December 11, 2019
(RNS) — The president's executive order, which provides protection for Jews long since offered by previous administrations, amounts to little more than politics for the Hanukkah season.
Let the US Commission on International Religious Freedom expire
By Mark Silk — December 4, 2019
(RNS) — A federal commission originally devised to show up the Clinton administration now only serves to furnish Trump court evangelicals with a bully pulpit.
The Judeo-Christian tradition versus Donald Trump
By Mark Silk — November 23, 2019
It's all about prophecy.
