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The holy season of Lent came to an end this past Sunday as millions celebrated Easter. While one would think that the Religious Right might take some time off, their outrage machine is working [...]

It’s an Interfaith April! This month, at least nine faith traditions observe major festivals. As a program with a richly interfaith audience, we’re proud of the cultural and constitutional [...]

This Religion Dispatches headline was hard for us to resist: The white nationalist fringe just took a giant step closer to the center of the GOP. The chilling topic is the America First PAC [...]

As the Russian assault on Ukraine continues, it remains shocking that the political religious right in this country – including some members of Congress – continue to show sympathy for President [...]

For the first time in its 233 year history, a Black woman will sit on the Supreme Court. Judge – and soon to be Justice – Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by a bipartisan vote in the Senate [...]

It’s a bittersweet week here on State of Belief. For almost 15 years, Interfaith Alliance’s director of outreach and operations Jay Keller has played a central role in our work advancing true [...]

It’s pretty much become a given that for U.S. senators, the judicial nomination process is more about scoring cheap political points rather than considering the long-term implications of a [...]

Perhaps no public institution impacts the everyday lives of every American to the same extent as the Supreme Court. The decisions made by our justices define what kind of nation we’ll be – [...]

The season of Lent and Easter is the holiest time on the Christian calendar. Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen, executive director of Parity, a nonprofit healing divisions at the intersection of religion [...]

Amid the chaos of a pandemic and the fracturing of our democracy, it is difficult not to long for strong, moral leadership – something that often seems in short supply. Welton will sit down with [...]