Politics & Society
Noah gets drunk. Then he curses Ham.
How on earth did this odd little biblical tale get twisted into a justification for chattel slavery?
In prison, Satan is real
I’ve heard incarcerated women preach about a power that demands renunciation.
I’m learning to let go of ‘preaching pretty’
Some Sundays, my congregation needs a word that’s more raw than polished.
A brief history of hating liberalism
Kevin Schultz explains why White liberals are under fire—from all sides and from within.
Post-truth Christians
I was taught to stay on guard against the left’s postmodernism. Now it’s the right that seems unwilling to look truth directly in the face.
The fish wars
The Boldt Decision wasn’t just about salmon. It was about broken treaties and tribal sovereignty.
Rehearsing for the revolution
The No Kings protests made their politics real to everyone who watched—including the state.
How politicians use the Bible
Scholar Hannah Strømmen provides a helpful guide for navigating our scripture-saturated political discourse.
The apology deficit
Ours is an era of cultivated transgressiveness, in which leaders vice signal their lack of interest in apologizing when they’re wrong.
The case for being a killjoy
We may be reluctant to say anything that sounds puritanical. But our private morality really does matter.
The politics of performance
In the Trump era, the narrative around legislative efforts seems to matter a lot more than the actual results.
A sanctuary for banned stories
When truth is being cast as lies, the sacred work of storytelling is urgent.
The desecration of Oak Flat
Idolatry rarely turns out well for people—or for the rest of creation.
Apache Stronghold’s rooted resistance
The fight to protect Oak Flat is not just about a single holy site. It is about recovering our bond with the land.
A new pope’s call to unity
I was in the second row for Pope Leo’s installation. I am cautiously optimistic about what I heard.
The Scopes Monkey Trial and the evolution of fundamentalism
A staged legal proceeding in a small town became the catalyst for a century of culture wars.