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Religion Dispatches

The Revelation of Kurt Andersen: With 'Evil Geniuses' a Media Mandarin Discovers Plutocracy

When I showed up at New York’s Judson Church in 1994 at least some of the wonderful congregants there were puzzled that I put so much emphasis on economic justice. They had called an openly gay…
Peter Laarman
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Political Research Associates

Kitchen Table Backlash

The Anti-Feminist Women’s Movement
In the backlash to the feminist movements of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, right-wing conservative leaders head a growing anti-feminist women’s movement.
Jean Hardisty
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Religion Dispatches

The Absence of Public, Visible Mourning Has Weakened Our Ability to Fight COVID

In May, when the US hit 90,000 Covid-19 related deaths, the Washington Post , published a piece decrying the lack of public mourning from the President and his administration. When we reached 170,000…
Joshua Ladon
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Political Research Associates

Beyond Trump

Disrupt, Defuse, Compete
To defeat the current upsurge in right-wing populism, progressives will need to disrupt, defuse, and – critically – compete for portions of its constituency.
Tarso Luís Ramos
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Takin’ It to the States: The Rise of Conservative State-Level Think Tanks

Like the famously premature announcement of the death of Mark Twain, reports of the decline of the Right in politics and public policy have been greatly exaggerated.
Frederick Clarkson
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Religion Dispatches

In Convention Event Democrats Embrace the 'Nones'

What does it mean to put pluralism into practice? This is a serious question of civic life that the Left has unfortunately neglected , allowing the “ respectable ” Christian Right to weaponize the…
Chrissy Stroop
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Religion Dispatches

Katy Perry's Evangelical Hangover

Despite an American Idol judging gig, a baby girl with Orlando Bloom on the way, and her new album Smile due out August 28 th , Katy Perry hasn’t been capturing the public’s attention like she did…
David Mihalyfy
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Evan Derkacz

Political Research Associates

Executive Editor of Religion Dispatches

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…
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Religion Dispatches

Christian Schools Invoke Religious Liberty to Reopen Despite Warnings of Health Experts

Here on RD, I took a look at the legal case against exempting churches from public health measures back in March ( remember March? ), in the early days of quarantine. At the time, many blue state…
Chrissy Stroop
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Political Research Associates
Political Research Associates staff members attending the 2022 Pray Vote Stand Summit will be reporting daily for Religion Dispatches.
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