Reproductive Control & Anti-Abortion

This week, the world will stop turning; or at least it will for the daytime soap opera “As The World Turns,” which officially ends after 53 years. But if we remember the soap opera solely as a torrid celebration of sexual transgression—or as a frivolous time-waster for bored housewives—we miss understanding something crucial about the relationship between popular culture and morality.

Sarah Palin did an about-face on the “hopey-changey thing” last week in Jacksonville when, as the headliner for the Evening of Hope, she and the other speakers on the program promoted lots of change—of the religious right kind.

At the Fathers’ House International church in Henderson, Kentucky, Pastor Lisa Bourland is seated on the floor of the altar in the prayer room washing the feet of speakers for that evening’s Women, Weapons of Warfare (WWW) conference. Behind her is a blank movie screen—the…

“Seeing Is Believing” shines light on practices, lack of transparency, and effectiveness of US funding of faith-based organizations.

Some people will try anything except empowering women to bring down the abortion rate.

New Louisiana law allows armed “security forces” to carry concealed weapons in houses of worship.

A democratic political strategist proposes a divide and conquer strategy — but is there any data or logic to support it?

What a family with 19 kids says about the religious right.

New investigative report documents the people and organizations underlying his religious motivations.

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