Government & Politics
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.
The education of Ilhan Omar
By Mark Silk — February 12, 2019
Learning that anti-Semitism is off limits in American politics.
Bible face off: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez v. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
By Mark Silk — January 24, 2019
It had to do with climate change.
The poison pill in the church tax repeal
By Mark Silk — December 21, 2018
It's called the Johnson Amendment.
The moral inadequacy of carbon taxes
By Mark Silk — December 17, 2018
Indirect market-based solutions are incompatible with moral imperatives.
When George H.W. Bush played the religion card
By Mark Silk — December 2, 2018
(RNS) — A reticent Yankee Episcopalian, Bush did not make his religion part of his political life. Until the presidential campaign of 1988, that is.
A religious opening for stopping climate change
By Mark Silk — November 29, 2018
Hope springs eternal.
