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Note: As RNS is a wire service, many of the stories below are also published at outlets such as the Washington Post, America Magazine, Christianity Today, and others. Some stories were also transmitted over the AP wire, which is published at many local papers globally.
· Selected writings ·
- How big Christian nationalism has come courting in North Idaho · RNS · 2/22/23
- With Warnock’s win, Democrats eye faith as a pathway to victory in the South · RNS · 12/9/22
- How Doug Mastriano uses faith to fend off criticism — even from other Christians · RNS · 9/15/22
- Republicans keep mostly mum on calls to make GOP ‘party of Christian nationalism’ · RNS · 8/12/22
- In Kansas abortion vote, a blow to Catholic bishops’ political strategy · RNS · 8/4/22
- The activist behind opposition to the separation of church and state · RNS · 7/18/22
- As Roe falls, religious abortion-rights advocates prepare for next steps · RNS · 6/25/22
- ‘You wear out’: How chronic illness grounds and inspires William Barber’s activism · RNS · 6/18/22
- How Christian nationalism paved the way for Jan. 6 · RNS · 6/9/22
- How One Priest Turned Putin’s Invasion Into a Holy War · Rolling Stone · 3/19/22
- How the Capitol attacks helped spread Christian nationalism in the extreme right · RNS (developed as part of a Pulitzer Center project on Christian nationalism) · 1/26/22
- Inside the fraught effort to create a Christian nationalist internet · RNS (developed as part of a Pulitzer Center project on Christian nationalism) · 10/19/21
- Post-Trump, Christian nationalists preach a theology of vaccine resistance · RNS (developed as part of a Pulitzer Center project on Christian nationalism) · 9/14/21
- Some faith groups laud Texas abortion ban, others cite religious freedom concerns · RNS · 9/2/21
- As vulnerable Afghans flee Kabul, US faith groups prepare to aid them · RNS · 8/20/21
- Refugee aid groups criticize Biden for stumbles in evacuating ‘desperate’ Afghans · RNS (co-byline with Emily McFarlan Miller) · 8/16/21
- Hundreds arrested at Capitol while protesting for voting rights, minimum wage · RNS · 8/2/21
- In military authorization vote, Quakers claim a victory · AP/ RNS · 7/7/21
- NIH director: We asked God for help with COVID-19, and vaccines are the ‘answer to that prayer’ · RNS · 6/15/21
- White House science adviser to be sworn in on a 500-year-old Jewish text · RNS · 6/2/21
- With Pope Francis’ blessing, Catholics pressed Biden White House to waive vaccine patents · RNS · 5/10/21
- Churches stepping up as COVID-19 vaccine sites across the Washington metropolitan area · RNS · 3/22/21
- The insurrectionists’ Senate floor prayer highlights a curious Trumpian ecumenism · RNS · 3/22/21
- For insurrectionists, a violent faith brewed from nationalism, conspiracies and Jesus · RNS · 2/25/21
- With his inauguration, Biden makes his return to ‘Catholic Washington’ · RNS · 2/20/21
- For President Joe Biden, an inauguration filled with faith · RNS · 2/20/21
- How House chaplain calmed tense hours in besieged Capitol with prayers for ‘God’s covering’ · RNS · 2/9/21
- As chaos hits Capitol, two forms of faith on display · RNS · 2/6/21
- As ‘Jericho Marchers’ descend on Washington, local faith leaders brace for attacks · RNS · 2/5/21
- Faith groups say refugee program will take time to rebuild · AP/ RNS (co-byline with Emily McFarlan Miller) · 2/5/21
- Biden Is Ushering in a Second Coming of Religious Liberals
· Daily Beast · 1/3/21 - For hospital chaplains, being vaccinated first brings a mix of emotions · RNS · 1/1/21
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as ‘non-denominational Christian’ · RNS (co-byline with Maina Mwaura) · 10/23/20
- Trump evangelical advisers exposed to COVID-19 flout CDC guidelines, preach in public · RNS · 10/19/20
- Trump’s Israel strategy makes few inroads with Jewish voters · AP/ RNS (co-byline with Elana Schor) · 9/25/20
- Joe Biden's Catholic politics are complicated, but deeply American · RNS · 8/16/20
- Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives · AP/ RNS (co-byline with Elana Schor) · 7/17/20
- Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John’s church near White House · RNS · 6/2/20
- See which states have religious exemptions in their stay-at-home orders · RNS · 4/9/20
- Faith leaders grapple with funerals amid global pandemic · AP/RNS (co-byline with Claire Giangravé) · 3/27/20
- Activism cuts into the political might of S.C. black church · AP/ RNS (co-byline with Elana Schor) · 2/28/20
- Tom Steyer and preaching the environmental gospel on the campaign trail · RNS · 1/31/20
- Full Interview with Tom Steyer: faith, climate change and who goes to heaven · RNS · 1/31/20
- At Gallaudet University, deaf culture and faith mix · AP/RNS · 12/28/19
- Viral video reignites LGBTQ debate at Quaker school · AP/RNS · 12/5/19
- In Hawaii, ‘protectors’ fight telescope project with prayer · RNS · 9/5/19
- Full Interview with Pete Buttigieg: Religious left is ‘stirring’ · RNS · 8/29/19
- Buttigieg walks fine line in courting religious left · RNS · 8/29/19
- In remote Appalachia, liberal Christians gather at Wild Goose to pray — and plan · RNS · 7/15/19
- The spiritual politics of presidential candidate Marianne Williamson · RNS · 4/12/19
- Full Interview with Marianna Williamson: ‘We need to inspire the new, not just curse the darkness’ · RNS · 4/12/19
- For Israeli lunar lander, faith provides inspiration and challenges · RNS · 3/27/19
- Democrat Julián Castro makes his Catholicism central to his presidential campaign · The Washington Post · 1/29/19
- Full interview with Julián Castro: Catholicism ‘has never been far from my life’ · RNS · 1/29/19
- In polarized Washington, a Democrat anchors bipartisan friendships in faith · RNS · 1/29/19
- From the Bible Belt, EWTN shapes world Catholic news · RNS · 1/14/19
- Death of missionary sparks debate over mission work · RNS · 11/29/18
- Full interview with Cory Booker: ‘I’m calling for a revival of grace in this country’ · RNS · 10/24/18
- Cory Booker could be a candidate for the ‘religious left’ · RNS · 10/24/18
- When Franklin Graham met Putin · RNS · 8/7/18
- Why Mariia Butina wasn’t the only Russian attending the National Prayer Breakfast · RNS · 7/18/18
- Faith-based agencies open doors to kids separated at the border · RNS · 6/28/18
- Bishop Michael Curry walks a fine line in the political fray · RNS · 5/31/18
- Booker and Warren fuse faith and politics in appeal to mainline preachers · RNS · 5/24/18
- The (holy) ghost in the machine: Catholic thinkers tackle the ethics of artificial intelligence · RNS · 5/22/18
- Liberty University is no longer the largest Christian university · RNS · 4/27/18
- Liberty U’s Falwell ‘censors’ student newspaper coverage of event organized by critics · RNS · 4/7/18
- Urged by their youth, faith groups flocked to the March for Our Lives · RNS · 3/24/18
- Investigation: Refugee groups fight Trump travel ban — and for their own survival · RNS · 2/16/18
- Anti-abortion Democrats navigate divide between March for Life and the Women’s March · RNS · 1/19/18
- Is Trump widening a rift between the evangelicals and Mideast Christians? · RNS · 1/8/18
- Jared Kushner isn’t an ‘internet Unitarian,’ but he is ordained · RNS · 1/5/18
- ‘We’re not the “nice” faith people!’: Faith leaders are battling white supremacy, Trump · ThinkProgress · 10/31/17
- Trump is dismantling Obama’s religion initiatives · ThinkProgress · 10/10/17
- The God whisperers: The most powerful Trump advisers you’ve probably never heard of · ThinkProgress · 9/21/17
- Meet the clergy who stared down white supremacists in Charlottesville · ThinkProgress · 8/16/17
- Why Christian nationalists love Trump (part of a 4-part series) · ThinkProgress · 8/7/17
- EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: The disturbing secret history of the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner · ThinkProgress · 3/21/17
- What religious solidarity looks like in Trump’s America · ThinkProgress · 3/3/17
- Inside the battle for immigrant rights at Dulles airport · ThinkProgress · 1/30/17
- How Trump is paving the way for a revival of the ‘religious left’ · The Washington Post · 12/14/16
- The growing indigenous spiritual movement that could save the planet · ThinkProgress · 10/15/16
- The 2016 Election Is Making Islamophobia The Worst It Has Ever Been · ThinkProgress · 9/12/16
- Unholy secrets: The loophole that allows clergy to hide child sexual abuse · ThinkProgress · 8/8/16
- EXCLUSIVE: Offices Of Major Christian Charity Searched By Israeli Authorities After Staffer Detained · ThinkProgress · 8/1/16
- How Donald Trump Could End the Republican Lock on the Mormon Vote · The Atlantic · 3/22/16
- What A 19th Century Campaign To Declare Mormons ‘Non-White’ Tells Us About Modern Islamophobia · ThinkProgress · 2/12/16
- What It’s Like To Be A Syrian Refugee In America · ThinkProgress · 11/22/15
- How The American Religious Right Is Making The Middle East Peace Process Impossible · ThinkProgress · 11/10/15
- What The Atlantic Left Out About ISIS According To Their Own Expert · ThinkProgress · 2/20/15
- What The Atlantic Gets Dangerously Wrong About ISIS And Islam · ThinkProgress · 2/18/15
- Meet Carolina, Who Brought Her Daughters 1,500 Miles To The U.S. So They Wouldn’t Be Raped · ThinkProgress · 7/31/14
- The Inspiring Work Being Done To Show What Jesus Would Do At The Border · ThinkProgress · 7/24/14
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