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It’s the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a time that involves daily fasting and a communal meal – Iftar – to break the fast each night at sundown. There are lessons people of all faiths and of no [...]

Living at a time when there seems to be a breaking news controversy nearly every hour, the greatest threat to our democracy may be sheer exhaustion. The non-stop news cycle presents dueling [...]

The unshakable, almost religious support that some display for the National Rifle Association’s absolutist agenda can be perplexing for many other Americans. Randy Potts, who recently wrote [...]

It’s Memorial Day Weekend. As we remember the service members who lost their lives protecting our hard-won freedoms, the holiday weekend offers the opportunity to rest and renew, to hold our dear [...]

We’ll have a special Word from Welton as he reflects on religious freedom in the age of Trump and notes the hypocritical irony earlier this month when this president announced a new faith-based [...]

Sadly, a campaign in Oklahoma to prevent anti-LGBTQ discrimination from becoming state law failed. Last week, Governor Mary Fallin signed a piece of legislation that allows private foster care [...]

From Washington to Jerusalem, there are Religious Right dreams coming true, while the rest of us – religious and secular folks alike – look on in confusion and consternation. Between the [...]

A new national moral revival launched last weekend with several hundred arrests of religious leaders on Capitol Hill and in events across the country. The new campaign harkens back to the effort [...]

The week started with the arrest of religious leaders engaged in civil disobedience across the country and saw the Congressional appointment of an anti-LGBTQ crusader to a body charged with [...]

Anti-Semitic rhetoric and hate crimes targeting Jews continue to rise after a precipitous spike in recent years. Avowed neo-Nazis running for public office, chants of “Jews will not replace us” [...]