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Public opinion means little when agendas are defined and driven by ideologues. But it does matter when those same ideologues are amplified to convey a grossly inaccurate picture of American values – [...]

True religious freedom means that people seeking care should be able to make decisions based on their own beliefs and circumstances, not the religious views of their doctor or state legislators. But [...]

The Buffalo shooter wasn’t unique. His manifesto echoed racist sentiments found not only in the deep corners of the Internet, but also in places like Fox News. Best-selling author Jeff Sharlet (The [...]

Contrary to popular belief, a majority of Americans across faith traditions support civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ people. Unfortunately, a vocal minority continues to use faith as a [...]

The Establishment Clause – or as Jefferson coined it, our nation’s “wall of separation” between religion and government – has long been the bedrock of our democracy. But it’s increasingly clear that [...]

It seems that every time news breaks of another anti-democratic, anti-freedom crisis, we find the fingerprints of the Christian nationalist movement. From the prominence of the Religious Right in the [...]

Right wing media continues to trumpet the conspiracy theory that Joe Biden is not legitimately our president and that the election was stolen from Donald Trump. This is one of many alternate-reality [...]

The Rev. Jennifer Butler has been a leading voice for decades in the faith-inspired movement for justice. She’s spent her career mobilizing religious communities to address the AIDS epidemic, [...]

The Anti Defamation League continues its invaluable work to expose and combat antisemitism with the recent release of its 2021 Antisemitism Audit. Alarmingly, the organization found that 2021 was a [...]

Members of the First United Church of Oak Park marked this season of reflection and contemplation in a unique way that called attention to racial inequities in the church and the broader community: a [...]