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Mike Papantonio – lawyer, entrepreneur, and progressive media activist – and Welton have a long history to reminisce on, but there’s too much happening right now for them to dwell only on the [...]

When Stosh Cotler took over as the CEO of the Bend The Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, she inherited not only a growing progressive social justice organization, but also a centuries-old [...]

Last week Dr. Jay Michaelson – an activist, attorney, and academic expert on a host of issues in the world of religion and politics – gave us a preview of the Supreme Court case Hobby [...]

This weekend, tune in to State of Belief  to hear tales from the front in the struggle to reclaim a progressive religious voice in America. We’ll hear updates on religious freedom at the Supreme [...]

Here’s what’s coming up this weekend on State of Belief Radio: The Hobby Lobby Case – Jay Michaelson was inside the Supreme Court for oral arguments, and he’ll tell us what he saw – [...]

As the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby case, opening the door to finding constitutional protections for corporations’ “religious consciences,” Dr. Jay [...]

With the death of longtime Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps, Sr. on March 20th, is the congregation – long notorious for offensively picketing funerals with colorful placards of [...]

In anticipation of next week’s oral arguments in Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius, State of Belief welcomes back Dr. Jay Michaelson, a knowledgeable voice on the many recent attempts to redefine religious [...]

Welton will dive into World Water Day, March 22, with Ali Eastburn, founder of the nonprofit “With This Ring,” about her work as a water activist. Ali goes far beyond recognizing that the lack of [...]

In the wake of the death of Fred Phelps, Sr., the leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, Welton speaks with Dr. Rebecca Barrett-Fox, an expert on the church and author of a dissertation titled, [...]