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The government shutdown finally ended this week, but its effects on people across the country continue to linger, highlighting the growing disconnect between our elected leaders and ordinary [...]

This weekend on State of Belief, find out how one faith-based organization sprung into action to help everyday Americans affected by the shutdown; hear from Sojourners’ Jim Wallis about the [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – After the government shutdown: a $24 billion toll to our economy; but what are the costs to our communities? Minnesota organizer and activist Doran Schranz, [...]

I think that the wider public hasn’t grasped the ideological roots, nor the fact that the destruction of government – and they have found the weapon to do it – has long been [...]

On October 13th, 2013, State of Belief host Rev. Welton Gaddy was on KSL-TV’s Deseret News “Sunday Edition” program to emphasize the urgency of ending the government shutdown [...]

“A Portrait of Jewish Americans” The Pew Research Center recently published a revealing new study of Jewish Americans.  The findings made headlines, as the study suggests notable shifts in the [...]

Christian Dominionist Thought and the Shutdown There’s nothing unfairly partisan about pointing a finger at one political party in criticizing the latest government shutdown. One political party [...]

Not Shut Down: Supreme Court Starts a New Term Despite the government shutdown slowing almost everything in Washington, D.C. to a standstill, the Supreme Court began a new term this week – a term [...]

This weekend on State on Belief Radio, a frightening explanation of who benefits from the government shutdown and its connection to Christian dominionist ambitions, as well as the surprising [...]

On the next State of Belief Radio – Dominionists cheer the government shutdown? A Teavangelical dream come true? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges says everything’s going [...]