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Yemen’s children and America’s oil
Our role in the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran
by Keri Ladner
The religious fundamentalism that fuels the US-Iran oil standoff
What did the Moral Majority and the Islamic Revolution have in common?
by K. L. Marshall
The fundamentalists, the modernists, and the oil they both swam in
Darren Dochuk shows how oil and American Christianity have long shaped each other.
by Connor S. Kenaston
The United States has been engaged for decades in a seemingly endless series of wars and military operations.
by David Cortright
Other states have a history of violence, suspicion of government, and more Baptists than people. What makes Texas different? Robert Wuthnow says it’s oil.
by Kyle Childress