Politics & Society
At the border, “law and order” looks a lot like chaos
Trump’s new policies are creating confusion and misery.
Is there a way beyond hyperpartisanship?
“We have remade our nation before and we can do it again.”
When we advertise our righteousness, it becomes self-righteousness
What we can learn from the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector
In the beginning, God created difference
Theodore Hiebert’s deft reading elicits a fresh awareness of the legitimacy of the other in Genesis.
Daniel Ortega’s slide into corruption and authoritarianism
Nicaragua’s liberator has become its dictator.
Religious freedom in America
Melissa Rogers considers what a healthy role for religion in American public life might look like.
Faith formation in my world religions classroom
Each year a Hindu priest asks my students to “worship our own, but respect all.” They find the second part easier.
The many failures revealed by the Afghanistan Papers
US officials have been lying about the war since it started. Why don’t we care?
How the security culture has burdened women
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz shows how the post-9/11 US has intensified control of women’s bodies.
Our problem isn’t just loneliness—it’s species loneliness
How human isolation from the rest of the world keeps us from thriving.
February 9, Epiphany 5A (Isaiah 58:1–12; Psalm 112:1–10; 1 Corinthians 2:1–16; Matthew 5:13–20)
Putting flesh on the bones of justice
Kindness, kinship, and the boundaries of justice
The virtue of kindness depends on who we see as kin.
What steps toward peace could Israelis and Palestinians take now?
A noncomprehensive list of realistic, practical actions
China’s attack on the Uighurs and their Muslim faith
Will the US and other nations speak up?
A place for homeless families to sleep safely in their cars
How a group of interfaith partners is making use of their idle parking lots
How wealth and unjust tax policy erode democracy
Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman distill a complex topic into manageable takeaways.
Major stories in American Christianity of the 2010s
How faith has been shaped by Obergefell, the Charleston murders, Me Too, and more
Russia’s royal saints return
The cult of Tsar Nicholas II and the resurrection of Russian Orthodox nationalism