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Finally, we’ll have a Word from Welton on the family separation crisis, evolving nature of news and our capacity as Americans to respond to self-generated crises. Hear the full June 23, 2018 State of [...]

There is no shortage of organizations in this country advocating for the administration’s most divisive and un-American policies. Sadly, many of them do so in the name of religion. And yet, faith [...]

The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the country, has been embroiled in controversy since Paige Patterson was forced to step down following allegations that he [...]

Under its so-called “zero tolerance” immigration policy, the Trump administration has separated more than 2,300 children from their parents across the southern border with Mexico. The loudest voices [...]

Happy (belated) Juneteenth! This week, as the United States commemorated the official end of slavery in 1865, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions used a Bible verse often employed to defend [...]

Berlin is considered an edgy, cosmopolitan, diverse and forward-looking city. Culturally and socially, it’s an international German city which never forgets the brutal genocide of the Nazi era. That’s [...]

At their get-together last weekend, the ironically named Faith and Freedom Coalition pledged $20 million for political candidates who support the Religious Right and reaffirmed their commitment to [...]

Although the Poor People’s Campaign has a significant national presence, it is truly a decentralized campaign, with many people of conscience and faith-driven organizations taking part. Welton will [...]

Nearly 40 days ago, hundreds of faith leaders across the country were arrested protesting the “evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted [...]

What a week it’s been for religion in America! Religious leaders of all stripes – from the Catholic Bishops to Southern Baptists, from United Methodists to prominent evangelicals such as Franklin [...]