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The Trump administration has announced that, as part of its reorganization of the State Department (along with the now familiar gutting of important programs and firing of topic-area experts), it…

The Senate approved the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) yesterday, authorizing nearly $900 billion in military spending next year—and all but guaranteeing federal recognition for the…

It’s never a good sign when the Jerusalem Cross hits the news in the United States. Which is unfortunate, since the symbol, which features prominently on the flag of Georgia (the country, not the…

Welcome to “ Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class…

A federal school voucher program , or “universal school choice” as supporters call it, is a key piece of the Right’s agenda to dramatically change education as we’ve known it . A central element in…

This article includes engagement with a ChatGPT bot claiming to be Jesus (among other biblical figures). With due respect to the author: given its devastating and demonstrably racialized environmental…

Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low point in Catholic theology. The second commission that convened on the…

This article first appeared in the Winter/Spring 2025 issue of our sibling publication, The Public Eye—a quarterly magazine for analysis and commentary on the US and Global Right. Elon Musk has been…

While Jewish history is so often recounted as a linear pathway — usually pointing toward and ending with the creation of the State of Israel — it’s easy to forget that it’s a tradition of cycles. The…

Last I checked, my uterus was in a jar in Schenectady. An ignoble end for a thing that was once burdened with glorious purpose, like an old prizewinning racehorse going off to the glue factory. It’s…