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March 31, 2026
The Spectacle of War and the Struggle to Protest
On social media, images of destruction in Iran are giving way to commentary from talking heads, dulling the reality of war.
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March 24, 2026
CNN’s “Podcast Look” and the Slow Death of Cable News
The network’s experiment in style was embarrassing, but it may tell us more about the state of podcasting than it does about legacy media.
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March 17, 2026
How Should We Remember the Hippies?
They’ve often been a punch line, but by fusing their political convictions to a broader cultural identity they seemed to find something that we’ve lost.
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March 5, 2026
The No-Explanation War
The Trump Administration has decided that it need not make a case for military action. In the current media environment, that approach makes a disturbing kind of sense.
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February 17, 2026
How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality
As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.
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February 10, 2026
“McMindfulness” and the Fate of Spirituality Under Capitalism
Thich Nhat Hanh saw mindfulness as a way to understand the “interbeing” between all forms of life, but its social dimension has been largely forgotten.
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February 3, 2026
A Theology of Immigration
“None of us have a permanent residence here in this world,” the Reverend Dan Groody says.
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January 27, 2026
Why an Agnostic Animal-Rights Activist Went to Seminary
Wayne Hsiung has gone to court and done jail time to improve the lives of animals. Now he’s going to church.
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January 20, 2026
Can American Churches Lead a Protest Movement Under Trump?
The Sanctuary Movement was led by clergy, and many religious leaders are activists today. But, as congregations have shrunk, dissent has diminished.
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January 13, 2026
What Comes After the Protests
The killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis will continue to bring people to the streets. Can it bring change?
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