Donald Trump
Why Trump’s recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory matters
By Dina Badie — March 27, 2019
(The Conversation) — Trump’s move is a symbolic, rather than legal, gesture, but it could lend legitimacy to a move by Israel that has long been seen as violating international law.
All Americans owe it to our country to see what’s happening at the border
By Aaron Alexander — March 26, 2019
(RNS) — There's a widespread system of criminalization, commodification and dehumanization that pervades every corner of our immigration and border apparatus.
Why is it wrong for Trump to speak ill of John McCain?
By Charles C. Camosy — March 26, 2019
(RNS) — Trump's secular critics need to pause and think about what grounds their outrage.
It’s been a week since the New Zealand attack. Our leaders have a choice to make.
By Shaun Kennedy — March 22, 2019
(RNS) — I grew up in parallel with the Christchurch shooter, but our lives diverged because of the choices we made.
Most US Christians find Trump signing Bibles inappropriate: poll
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 20, 2019
(RNS) — A Morning Consult poll shows 65 percent of Christians in the U.S. found the president signing Bibles to be inappropriate.
Does Twitter need to become a public utility?
By Charles C. Camosy — March 20, 2019
(RNS) — If Twitter really wants to be a neutral space for debate, it can't choose between Silicon Valley's progressive ideology and the religious commitments of Pope Francis.
White evangelical support for Trump comes from churchgoers, not EINOs
By Jemar Tisby — March 19, 2019
(RNS) — A common rebuttal to stats showing the loyalty of Trump's base is that these voters are EINOs (Evangelicals in Name Only). A new Pew report tells a different story.
Catholic bishops, advocates meet to discuss response to Trump border policies
By Jack Jenkins — February 28, 2019
(RNS) — 'We were at the border yesterday. The emergency is not here,' one bishop said.
Trump sets up abortion obstacles, barring clinic referrals
By David Crary — February 22, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Religious conservatives said the administration's policy is a major step toward breaking down what they see as an indirect taxpayer subsidy of abortion providers.
How a national emergency order endangers the ‘other’
By Jonathan Perlman and Eric C Manning — February 20, 2019
(RNS) — The leaders of two congregations that have suffered violence incited by hate, we recognize the president's 'emergency' isn’t about an invasion, but the language of governmental overreach.
Absent an imam, Domineque Ray’s execution by Alabama disenfranchises Muslims
By Megan Goodwin — February 13, 2019
(RNS) — The American legal system's anti-Islam problem might be more accurately seen as a pro-Christianity problem.
Trump strikes muted tone at National Prayer Breakfast, plays up evangelical interests
By Jack Jenkins — February 7, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'I will never let you down, I can say that — never,' Trump said to the attendees at the religious gathering.
Trump’s State of the Union garners mixed reactions among faith groups
By Jack Jenkins — February 6, 2019
(RNS) — “We can make our communities safer ... our faith deeper and our middle class bigger and more prosperous than ever before,” President Trump said.
There are no real evangelicals. Only imagined ones.
By Kristin Kobes Du Mez — February 6, 2019
(RNS) — There are, in fact, many evangelicalisms and each has a different center and different boundaries.
What are Muslim prayer rugs?
By Rose Aslan — January 29, 2019
(The Conversation) — Islamic carpets have been popular for centuries in Europe and beyond, often picking up symbolism, social meaning and ways of being used.
