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Evan Derkacz

Executive Editor of Religion Dispatches

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Evan Derkacz has been the editor of Religion Dispatches since its launch in 2008, before which he was an editor at Tikkun magazine and AlterNet. When not busy editing pieces on evicting white Jesus or the ex-president’s theological devotion to border walls, he has served as a judge for foundation grants, the National Magazine Awards, and the Webby Awards; consulted for the Social Science Research Council’s religion and digital media programs; and led workshops for scholars seeking to write for the broader public. His writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, AlterNet, The Huffington Post and elsewhere. 

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Republican Jewish Coalition Calls Obama Out for "Donors" Mention

Money for votes? Heaven forfend.
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Rev Raphael Warnock: If Churches Aren’t in Trouble With Power, They’re Probably in Bed With It

In a powerful NPR segment (listen below) on whether the Black Church still matters, Michel Martin spoke with Reverend Raphael Warnock senior pastor at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta (Martin…
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Why the Evangelical Dissonance Over Obama Immigration Action?

According to a new PRRI poll, 60% of white evangelicals “ support the goals of Obama’s executive action” on immigration (which isn’t too far below the nation at large, at 72%). Yet 67% of white…
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