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Maybe there really was a need for Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse to ride into New York City to set up overflow medical facilities in tents on public land – despite Graham’s long history of [...]

Since 2005, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been pushing back against religious intimidation of anyone not following a narrow version of fundamentalist Christianity in the U.S. [...]

In a country as historically religious as the United States, what does it look like for millions of people to turn to faith or spirituality in a time of mass crisis? Rev. Welton Gaddy, host of [...]

As the weeks go on and on in this global pandemic, we’re beginning to see how the fallout of the COVID-19 virus is shaping our communities. From research showing that marginalized Americans are [...]

Over the past several years, LGBTQI+ activists have led the charge to abolish the dangerous, anti-science practice of conversion therapy. This week, they won the support of a global NGO that [...]

With more time at home, many of us are catching up on our book lists. Let’s consider one more. This week, Diane Faires Beadle and Jamie Lynn Haskins — editors of the new book Acting on [...]

It’s a well-known tenet that while Americans enjoy a number of enumerated rights, these rights also end when they infringe on another’s well-being. Peter Montgomery, senior fellow at People for [...]

We’ve heard it from most every leading public health official: stay home, stay safe. Yet public protests – increasingly exposed as far from springing from the grassroots – as well as ostensibly [...]

Interfaith Alliance has already wrapped up twenty-two episodes of its Facebook Live series, Stay Home, Stay Focused, with leaders from across the sacred and secular spectrums. This past week, [...]

If you follow the religion news beat, then you know Religion News Service’s national reporter Jack Jenkins. His broad expertise in American religion, politics, and culture lays the foundation for [...]