elections
For Christians raised in ‘high-control’ settings, elections may trigger religious trauma
By Kathryn Post — April 9, 2024
(RNS) — ‘Our bodies recognize that we’re being activated and pushed into trauma responses and that the same abusive techniques are being used on us,’ said author Tia Levings.
Words On Fire With Fred Garcia
By Ray Kirstein — April 6, 2024
State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with crisis communication expert Helio Fred Garcia, author of the book "Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It"
Bipartisanship is dead; can it be resurrected?
By Thomas Reese — February 20, 2024
(RNS) — Partisanship is baked into our political system because of gerrymandering, primaries and campaign financing.
Truth & Liberty Coalition expands culture war to 30 Colorado school boards
By Steve Rabey — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — Health and wealth preacher Andrew Wommack teaches that Christians should ‘reform nations’ and rule over the godless. His Truth & Liberty Coalition has started by pushing its candidates in some 30 school districts across Colorado.
Tennessee preacher and MAGA celebrity Greg Locke claims YouTube has banned him
By Bob Smietana — November 15, 2022
(RNS) — Locke, who rose from little-known Nashville preacher to Christian nationalist celebrity preacher on the strength of viral videos, has lost access to one of his biggest channels.
Leo Frank’s ghost still haunts American Jews
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 7, 2022
(RNS) — This is not only about antisemitism. This is about political violence. This is a story for today.
Israel just had a bad week
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 4, 2022
(RNS) — The challenges that face world Jewry seem almost overwhelming. Time to drill down on what we know to be true.
It’s not fear. It’s faith.
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Yes, I am scared. But I have something else in my pocket. So do you.
Wisconsin GOP candidate calls for ‘pitchforks and torches’
By Scott Bauer — September 6, 2022
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tim Michels, Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor endorsed by Donald Trump, is calling for people to “get out on the streets with pitchforks and torches” in reaction to a story detailing his large donations to ant-abortion and church groups.
Why Jews like Mike
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 28, 2020
(RNS) — There are two Jewish presidential hopefuls. They are very different people.
Chief rabbi’s attack on anti-Semitism keys reckoning over faith in UK election
By Catherine Pepinster — December 2, 2019
LONDON (RNS) — The Dec. 12 national election has brought unaccustomed denunciations from Britain's top religious figures against discrimination based on faith.
Campaign posters in ‘Luther country’ raise specter of anti-Semitism
By Ken Chitwood — October 9, 2019
ERFURT, Germany (RNS) — Today, the question remains which part of Luther's legacy will have the greater impact on the upcoming election.
Jagmeet Singh’s civility is praiseworthy, but even nice racism is still racism
By Simran Jeet Singh — October 4, 2019
(RNS) — Celebrating the kind way in which a man told a Canadian politician he should remove his turban misses the point entirely.
Can faithful Catholics vote for President Trump?
By John Gehring — August 9, 2019
(RNS) — The nation's Catholic bishops include racist behavior among the sins that 'may legitimately disqualify a candidate from receiving support.'
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
By Joyce Dalsheim — May 30, 2019
(The Conversation) — As Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews become more numerous, and powerful, many politicians are capitalizing on anti-religious sentiment among secular Jews, including calling on Haredim to submit to the draft.
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