https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to u.s. military en https://politicalresearch.org/2026/01/20/belligerence-abroad-repression-home In this season 4 bonus episode, Koki talks to PRA Principal Research Advisor Steven Gardiner about the Trump administration’s early-January attack on Venezuela and escalating domestic confrontations around ICE enforcement, including the Minneapolis protests around the murder of Renee Good… Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:00:00 EST Political Research Associates, Steven Gardiner b214e445-93b3-45cd-9365-5e901a467342 https://religiondispatches.org/2025/07/18/terminally-online-trump-administration-uses-social-media-frame-its-anti-immigrant-agenda Black helicopters roll over the tarmac. From off screen we hear a voice with a generic Southern accent casually intone: “Here’s a Bible verse I think about sometimes, many times. It goes…” The images flashing on the screen settle on… Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:44:46 EDT Annika Brockschmidt, Thomas Lecaque dbf60c8e-bac5-4487-b1e3-f0f5319dc153 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/26/7-problems-trumps-hastily-tweeted-trans-military-ban In the span of three tweets the president declared this morning that as many as 15,000 active-duty and reservist members of the U.S. military are categorically unfit to serve. Despite tweeting that he did so “fter consultation with my Generals… Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:42:15 EDT Sunnivie Brydum f91584c9-8da7-4732-891c-cffe826c4337 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/08/12/collapse-american-jewish-center The polarization of American Jews has increased with each large-scale eruption of fighting between Israel and Palestinians. With each escalation there has been a shift of pro-two-state solution activists to the left; at the same time, though, the right becomes strengthened and entrenched. Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:11:17 EDT Sarah Posner e62c21cf-ae4b-4732-a884-f3f2998912c5 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/04/24/armys-new-humanist-designation-just-semantic-hooey Religious people take note. Thu, 24 Apr 2014 02:22:32 EDT Elizabeth Drescher 5b4982c7-3971-41da-8c4b-1a5c3191c319 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/12/navy-yard-shooting-why-its-not-religion-story What seemed to propel the confusion saturating the media’s initial coverage of Aaron Alexis was the role of religion and, more specifically, the profile on Buddhists. Why would a reporter expect a person of another religion to “pick up a weapon and kill twelve people,” but not a Buddhist? Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:51:10 EST Michael Jerryson 4fc13503-67e1-4411-a611-b1535ea669d4 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/09/13/christian-bashing-air-force-officer-story-just Unless by “essentially fired” you mean “not fired at all.” Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:13:57 EDT Rob Shryock c3e38109-e761-40db-a686-ac0cce8addaa https://religiondispatches.org/2013/07/25/tony-perkins-atheists-cant-be-chaplains Harvard’s humanist chaplain disagrees… sort of. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 06:50:47 EDT Chris Stedman 01910293-a337-4446-ada8-c42b032d2769 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/05/20/inventing-jihad Last week, in the wake of Russian-led investigation, it was reported that when Tamerlan Tsarnaev was in Russia he was, in fact, more eager to wage war than the Islamist contacts he had traveled to find. Accounts reveal that he arrived in Russia with “an avid interest in waging jihad.” Mon, 20 May 2013 11:59:39 EDT Asma Afsaruddin e76e02d0-341d-4ddb-98f1-2c1d6e97d656 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/02/04/women-combat-and-priesthood-response-mary-hunt Ordination as subordination? Perhaps there’s another way to look at it… Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:26:47 EST Marian Ronan 76361b50-aad5-404a-83d7-9de448ce062e https://religiondispatches.org/2013/01/28/combat-soldiers-clergywomen-problematic-equality It’s the hierarchy and killing, not just the discrimination. Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:04:22 EST Mary Hunt 12e1f005-b095-4614-be52-85b4434f5f54 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/01/whos-threatening-military-chaplains-religious-freedom-southern-baptists Not gay couples or military leaders, but the SBC. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:59:26 EDT Peter Montgomery 7422384d-f3aa-4168-b12b-f580774d7e7c https://religiondispatches.org/2012/04/17/american-indians-irate-over-bin-laden-code-name-geronimo The conflation of Geronimo with bin Laden once again illustrates the failure of the U.S. to consider its own history in fighting insurgent wars. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:22:13 EDT Johnny P. Flynn 92e6a5f8-f6f2-40ab-92ef-fa1ecf0f27cb https://religiondispatches.org/2011/11/15/betraying-sacred-trust-penn-state-dover-air-force-base In the last couple of weeks we have been rocked with scandals rooted in some of the worst offenses imaginable: the profanation of sacred trust placed in the protection of children and the disposition of the military dead. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:42:16 EST Gary Laderman c8c16fac-c2c9-4d86-9c98-1b4a1231ea52 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/06/17/what-do-when-fred-phelps-arrives-your-neighborhood While I support free speech, the lunatic fringe of Fred Phelps and all too many mainstream believers whose idea of the Bible is limited to particular portions of Leviticus speak all too often. What should we do on this particular Saturday and in the future when Fred Phelps announces he will picket in our neighborhoods? Should we throw glitter on Fred Phelps? Should we stay home? Should we even write articles or comment on the six o’clock news? Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:08:24 EDT Susan Henking bea5d24e-4fd2-4dad-bfc7-41cddf9c19f7 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/02/21/apocalyptic-dadt-scenarios-simply-arent-happening When the repeal of DADT was on the table many like John McCain predicted disaster. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:21:07 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge decff3ec-3384-4af0-aacb-b596f14bb31f https://religiondispatches.org/2011/01/21/former-navy-chaplain-worries-ending-dadt-will-end-gay-exorcisms Klingenschmitt claims to have exorcised the demon of homosexuality from at least one servicemember. Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:46:42 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge a7e66015-79b7-49c5-b7c0-1e709c042be6 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/14/not-his-house-archbishop-oversteps-opposes-repeal-dadt On December 1, Catholic Archbishop for the Military Services Timothy Broglio contributed an essay to the Washington Post’s “On Faith” opposing the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; the Clinton-era policy that prevents LGBT persons from serving openly in the military. He quotes at length from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, compares homosexuality to alcoholism, and makes the unconvincing, dishonest claim that lifting the ban would infringe upon the religious liberty of Catholic chaplains by forcing them to bless same-gender marriages. But the military is not the Catholic Church. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:30:21 EST Eugene McMullan 0809d650-5361-4f5c-bf8f-f08ed6f58257 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/02/frc-rehashes-religious-opposition-dadt-real-time As Congress holds hearings on overturning the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, the Family Research Council hosted a live webcast. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:05:34 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge f307b041-9a2b-41bc-82c3-89a206bd83e4 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/19/tony-perkins-soldiers-will-quit-if-gays-can-serve-openly What goes on between some people’s ears is greasier than a Thanksgiving turkey dipped in used motor oil. Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:57:40 EST Daniel Schultz b63eed37-02be-4883-a363-2c5b22ee31b8 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/11/19/ending-dadt-draft The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins has a new scare tactic to defend Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:18:14 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge f6eedcf9-70ad-42e5-8ff8-e95dc77cfd0a https://religiondispatches.org/2010/10/15/law-prof-obama-under-no-obligation-appeal-dadt Perhaps by tradition but certainly not by law or necessity. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:02:07 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 8f288d4e-3aba-4f2e-9c6b-b140d085ef5e https://religiondispatches.org/2010/10/12/judge-halts-dont-ask-dont-tell-discharges Will Obama Administration challenge it? Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:12:16 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 8dfa2155-31f6-4574-ac18-d3dfd73db0f1 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/07/using-word-israel-and-apartheid Sasha Polakow-Suransky reported last month in The Guardian that he had found evidence that Israel planned to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa in 1975, prompting the Israeli government to issue an official denial. Polakow-Suransky’s new book, “The Unspoken Alliance” is a history of Israel’s military alliance with apartheid South Africa. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:41:48 EDT Shalom Goldman 1faf1f5e-3c5b-49fb-9f9f-3c6d6910ef71 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/06/06/challenging-2-d-depictions-islam-cnn A Muslim scholar attempts to challenge the media narrative on Islam. Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:14:40 EDT Hussein Rashid 4a7dcf5f-5f41-4ddb-a368-506aaddc544f