Poland’s Women Are in the Streets Poland’s Women Are in the Streets
Escalating protests over new restrictions on abortion in Poland are a sign that the ruling PiS party’s illiberal democracy may be losing its grip.
Nov 20, 2020 / Andrew Pasquier
Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think
The problem with Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has nothing to do with her strongly held religious beliefs and everything to do with her right-wing Republican ones.
Sep 25, 2020 / Elie Mystal
America’s Holy War Comes to the RNC America’s Holy War Comes to the RNC
Biden’s religion of good works is battling Trump’s Christian nationalism.
Aug 27, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican
His television series, The Young Pope and The New Pope, tell us a story bigger than one focused on just church or state.
Mar 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
The Left Case for Fertility Awareness The Left Case for Fertility Awareness
No pill, intrauterine device, or ultra-ribbed piece of rubber could provide the sexual liberation I experience practicing a method associated with anti-choice religious zealots.
Dec 26, 2019 / Megan Magray
Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest
Catholic activists argued that their faith, and international law, allowed them to stage a protest at a nuclear facility in Georgia. But last week they were convicted in a US distr...
Oct 31, 2019 / Sam Husseini
Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons
The members of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 face decades in prison for their nonviolent direct action at a naval base last year.
Oct 21, 2019 / Sam Husseini
The Catholic Church at a Crossroads The Catholic Church at a Crossroads
In their new books, Ross Douthat and James Chappel present two radically different versions of Catholicism’s past and future.
Oct 8, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller
It’s About Time for New York’s Child Victims Act It’s About Time for New York’s Child Victims Act
When it comes to extending the statute of limitations for survivors of abuse, late is better than never.
Aug 22, 2019 / Katha Pollitt
Militarization Has Become Our National Religion Militarization Has Become Our National Religion
As attitudes toward war grow dangerously worshipful in the US, quitting our endless wars becomes all the more difficult.
Aug 13, 2019 / William Astore