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It’s just another normal week in America, where the President is reposting—i.e. re-“Truth”ing— deepfake videos of a former President being arrested and on its official Instagram account the White…

Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety , a case brought by Damon Landor after officers at the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center…

Two days before Christmas, readers of the New York Times opinion page were treated to a spectacle of pooh-poohery over portrayals of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) as a significant and dangerous…

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…

This article first appeared in The Sword and the Sandwich, Lavin’s newsletter about deadly serious extremism and serious sandwiches. This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration…

Trying to cover every religious racket connected to the Trump administration proves to be an exercise in futility. Here are a few of the stories that seemed to fly a bit under the radar. Grifter for…

In honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting some of our favorite pieces from 2025 by or about Black experts, activists, and artists. What an incredible year for Black creativity, insight, and…

When Minnesota Governor Tim Walz invoked Anne Frank while criticizing ICE deportations in his state, the backlash was immediate and fierce. Walz, who earned a master’s degree in Holocaust education…

A century ago today, America fixed its attention on a Dayton courthouse. Tennessee was prosecuting John T. Scopes for violating a 1925 law forbidding public schools and universities to teach the…

We Were Liars is the latest in a series of television shows about obscenely wealthy people’s lavish holiday accommodations and shenanigans, a genre Americans apparently can’t get enough of these days…