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Most white Americans of a certain age hew to a civil religion that holds that this oldest of Western democracies is still a stable thing, still a functioning system of representative self-government…

Why are increased sentences and the severe punishment of those convicted of crimes so popular and prevalent in U.S. culture? Since the late 1970s our society has accepted increasingly rigid and vengeful ways of punishing those convicted of crimes.

John F. Kennedy Jr. is dead and has been dead for some time. In July 1999, the small plane he was traveling in crashed off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, killing him and two others. The bodies of…

Below is the second of a two-part interview with Charles Kriel and Katharina Gellein Viken on their new documentary, People You May Know . Read the first part here. — eds *** CS: Let’s talk some more…

Stephen Miller, the 31-year-old senior policy advisor to Trump with no discernible policy experience, developed his right-wing ideology early and has associated himself with white nationalist figures such as Peter Brimelow and Richard Spencer.

As a journalist taking assignments in war-torn areas, London-based American expat Charles Kriel developed an interest in big data and its use in disinformation campaigns. This eventually led to his…

During the presidential campaign and since assuming office, Donald Trump has repeatedly promised the Christian Right that he would make religious freedom a priority.

After years of growing citizen opposition to corporate globalization, the free traders are on the run.

Trump’s first week in office was punctuated by an executive order to ban travelers from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U.S. for 90 days, and refugee admissions for 120 days.

In this video, RD senior correspondent Daniel Schultz discusses the religious left with Jack Jenkins, RNS reporter and author of ” American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and…