Government & Politics
Do the Democrats have a religion problem?
By Mark Silk — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — With the rise of the religiously unaffiliated, the God gap matters less and less. Will the Democrats find a way to strike a new spiritual chord on the environment?
How William Barr, culture warrior, weaponizes religious liberty
By Mark Silk — October 17, 2019
(RNS) — In a speech at Notre Dame, the U.S. attorney general put personal morality — and personal religious liberty — above the more traditional Catholic concern for social problems.
Anti-vaxxers in America go back 300 years
By Mark Silk — September 29, 2019
Benjamin Franklin was at the center of it.
Pete Buttigieg, Mainline Protestant
By Mark Silk — September 11, 2019
And when it comes to climate change, not in a good way.
Confessions of a disloyal Jew
By Mark Silk — August 21, 2019
(RNS) — On Tuesday, President Trump said, 'I think that any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.' Of the two, I have to choose disloyalty — and I'm proud of it.
Trump’s Labor Department tries to privilege religion over LGBTQ rights
By Mark Silk — August 19, 2019
(RNS) — But what if a same-sex couple marries in church?
Steve Bannon and the nationalist roots of Trump’s ‘Judeo-Christian’ vision
By Mark Silk — August 11, 2019
(RNS) — The leader who revived 'America First' is sailing under a Judeo-Christian flag first used to combat the original America Firsters eight decades ago.
The scandal of Barr’s reinstating the death penalty
By Mark Silk — August 2, 2019
Church leaders should be calling him out.
Don’t write off the State Department’s new Commission on Unalienable Rights just yet
By Mark Silk — July 17, 2019
(RNS) — The commission chair's view of human rights is not as cramped as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's announcement might lead us to believe.
Which side are you on?
By Mark Silk — July 8, 2019
Politics is not optional where the Trump administration's immigration policies are concerned.
The Trump Aversion Gap
By Mark Silk — June 6, 2019
Trump approvers who won't be voting for him in 2020.
Trump, rabbi of attacked synagogue observe National Day of Prayer at White House
By Adelle M. Banks — May 2, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Trump used the occasion to tick off new and old efforts he said he has pursued to enhance religious liberty for Americans.
Buttigieg plays the religion card
By Mark Silk — April 17, 2019
Breaking new ground as a presidential candidate.
Rep. Omar touches a third rail
By Mark Silk — March 5, 2019
(RNS) — Raising the issue of Jewish allegiance to the country puts her in bad company.
