Bernie Sanders
Why Jews like Mike
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 28, 2020
(RNS) — There are two Jewish presidential hopefuls. They are very different people.
Pete Buttigieg tells Jewish publication he’d spend $1 billion to fight anti-Semitism
By Yonat Shimron — January 23, 2020
(RNS) — An Episcopalian who has spoken out repeatedly about his faith, Buttigieg is courting the Jewish vote.
Anti-Semitism in the US today is a variation on an old theme
By Pamela S. Nadell — November 6, 2019
(The Conversation) — With anti-Semitism today bombarding American Jews from the right and the left, the moment appears new, but its language is not. It's a very old theme.
At J Street Conference, presidential candidates say Israel policy is due for a reboot
By Yonat Shimron — October 28, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Sen. Bernie Sanders' popularity with young people and his willingness to take a tough stand on Netanyahu, Trump, the settler movement and the failed peace process won him exuberant support here.
Inside the WhatsApp group of young Muslims praying for Bernie’s health
By Aysha Khan — October 15, 2019
(RNS) — A group of young American Muslims just finished an entire recitation of the Quran on the Vermont senator's behalf. Here's why.
At first Muslim presidential forum, Sanders reaps adoration of ISNA attendees
By Aysha Khan — September 1, 2019
(RNS) — At the Islamic Society of North America's first-ever presidential forum, both Sanders and Julián Castro underscored the need to build solidarity between communities to turn the tide against President Trump in 2020.
It’s time to reclaim the pro-worker history of Catholic social teaching
By John Gehring — September 1, 2019
(RNS) — Bishops and other influential Catholics should be at the front of the line when laborers strike to demand just wages.
As Democrats vie for African American votes, the Black church is paying attention
By Michael McBride and Leah Daughtry — August 20, 2019
(RNS) — Gaining our vote requires gaining more than a cursory understanding of who we are as a people.
Warren, Sanders get personal with young, black Christians
By Bill Barrow — August 19, 2019
(AP) — Warren and Sanders received warm welcomes, with notable enthusiasm for their proposals to overhaul a criminal justice system both derided as institutionally racist and to eliminate student loan debt that disproportionately affects nonwhites.
Sanders, Castro to attend Muslim-led presidential forum in Texas
By Aysha Khan — August 6, 2019
(RNS) – The presidential forum, which will include moderated one-on-one sessions with the candidates, will take place Aug. 31 at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual convention in Houston.
Did Bernie Sanders really flunk the religious test for office?
By Mark Silk — June 19, 2017
No he did not.
Bernie Sanders, the unwitting star of liberal cluelessness on religion
By Jacob Lupfer — June 14, 2017
(RNS) We cannot banish half the population from the public square because they believe their religion is right and others’ are wrong.
Bernie’s anti-abortion candidate
By Mark Silk — April 24, 2017
Will the Democratic base behave like a mirror image of the Republican base?
The year of the ‘none’
By Mark Silk — September 23, 2016
After 40 years, we're entering a new era in American religious politics.
What DNC WikiLeaks email on Sanders’ religion reminds us about atheists in America
By Tobin Grant — July 26, 2016
Americans dislike atheists. In fact, there are few groups they dislike more.
