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Annika Brockschmidt

Annika Brockschmidt is a freelance journalist, author, and podcast-producer who currently writes for the Tagesspiegel, ZEIT Online and elsewhere. Her second non-fiction book America’s Holy Warriors: How the Religious Right endangers Democracy was published in German in October 2021 and was an immediate bestseller. She co-hosts the podcast “Kreuz und Flagge” (“Cross and Flag”) with visiting professor at Georgetown University, Thomas Zimmer, which explores the history of the Religious Right.

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Religion Dispatches
With 'immigration czar' Tom Homan taking the reins it's likely to be pivot in style only
Reading the corporate media over the past few days, you might come away with the impression that national (and international) outrage over state-sanctioned terror and killings of civilians in the…
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Religion Dispatches
This is about so much more than “disrupting drug trafficking"
It’s never a good sign when the Jerusalem Cross hits the news in the United States. Which is unfortunate, since the symbol, which features prominently on the flag of Georgia (the country, not the…
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Religion Dispatches
Graham Platner, a candidate in the Democratic senate primary in Maine, has been making headlines for a couple of weeks over his old Reddit posts containing racist and sexist remarks (like blaming women for their sexual assault and downplaying sexual assault in the military).
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