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The National Prayer Breakfast is a congressional event attended by the president that annually flirts with inappropriately using religion to influence public policy. This year, in particular, it [...]

There wasn’t much surprising about this year’s State of the Union address. The president mostly stuck to his script, but there was still the characteristic bravado and informality that we’ve come [...]

This week, we’re marking the 13th anniversary of State of Belief’s first broadcast. We started this show to provide a way to engage in, and influence, the national conversation around issues of [...]

Millions of LGBTQ Americans grow up in families that are openly hostile to their identities. The pain and alienation that this can cause is not something that should be inflicted upon anyone. [...]

The first votes won’t be cast for another year, but numerous Democrats have already announced their intentions to run for the White House in 2020. Many of the new candidates have used religious [...]

This past week, four women were convicted for leaving food and water in the Arizonan desert for migrants crossing the southern border. In the past, border patrol agents have been documented [...]

Human nature pushes us to self-select our various tribes and label ourselves in order to fit in. The consequence of this is that it builds divisions between people and creates differences where [...]

A year and a half ago, Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender Americans from serving in the United States military. The backlash was widespread and federal courts quickly [...]

The swastika, for thousands of years, was used by Hindu, Buddhist and Jain communities to bring good luck, safety and peace. But, less than 100 years ago, it was co-opted by the Nazis to [...]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not shy about discussing his religious beliefs. He openly believes in the coming of the end of days and that devout Christians have an integral role in bringing [...]