Religion

Trump Has Enabled Israel’s Antidemocratic Tendencies at Every Turn

The president tweeted that Israel should ban Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country. Now Israel has barred the women from visiting.

• Emma Green
• Aug 15, 2019

How Trump Is Reversing Obama’s Nondiscrimination Legacy

A new rule would allow federal contractors to make hiring and firing decisions based on their religious beliefs and practices.

• Emma Green
• Aug 14, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand Targets Biden’s Views on Women

The senator from New York tried to paint the former vice president as regressive, tapping into bigger questions about the Democratic Party’s identity heading into 2020.

• Emma Green
• Jul 31, 2019

The Clarence Thomas Effect

The notoriously quiet Supreme Court justice has had a far-reaching influence on the personnel of the Trump administration, which may be his most lasting legacy.

• Emma Green
• Jul 10, 2019

Imagining Post-Trump Nationalism

The small conservative magazine First Things aims to reclaim what has become a dirty word in the Trump era.

• Emma Green
• Jun 30, 2019

Why Democrats Ditched the Hyde Amendment

There used to be a middle ground in the national conversation on abortion. Not anymore.

• Emma Green
• Jun 14, 2019

Joe Biden’s Tell on Abortion

The 2020 Democratic front-runner opposes federal funding for the procedure, in stark contrast to his rivals.

• Emma Green
• Jun 5, 2019

The Epic Political Battle Over the Legacy of the Suffragettes

Activists on both sides of the abortion wars see themselves as inheritors of the early women’s movement—a history that’s become more contested than ever under Trump.

• Emma Green
• Jun 4, 2019

On Praying for the President

Donald Trump’s controversial stop at a Virginia mega-church after a mass shooting showed how even normal Christian behavior has been scrutinized during this administration.

• Emma Green
• Jun 3, 2019

2020 Candidates Are Going All In on Abortion Rights

Democratic candidates are pushing their party further left than ever. Will this strategy cost them voters?

• Emma Green
• Jun 3, 2019

A Pastor’s Case for the Morality of Abortion

Jes Kast, a minister in the United Church of Christ, believes the procedure should be fully legal and accessible. Her path to that position has been complicated.

• Emma Green
• May 26, 2019

Measles Can Be Contained. Anti-Semitism Cannot.

Just as the anti-vaccination movement feeds off a handful of fringe outsiders, long-standing stereotypes about Jews have found a new vector in the latest outbreak of the disease.

• Emma Green
• May 25, 2019

The Impossible Future of Christians in the Middle East

An ancient faith is disappearing from the lands in which it first took root. At stake is not just a religious community, but the fate of pluralism in the region.

• Emma Green
• May 23, 2019

The New Abortion Bills Are a Dare

State legislators in Alabama and Georgia know that abortion bans will likely be overturned in lower courts. They are aiming higher.

• Emma Green
• May 15, 2019

Health and Human Services and the Religious-Liberty War

Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services is pitting religious freedom against abortion and LGBTQ rights.

• Emma Green
• May 7, 2019

Rachel Held Evans, Hero to Christian Misfits

The firebrand writer died unexpectedly over the weekend at the age of 37.

• Emma Green
• May 6, 2019

How Sri Lanka’s Christians Became a Target

The island nation’s religious minority was rarely threatened. The Easter bombings changed that.

• Emma Green
• Apr 24, 2019

Young Activists Are Done With Loyalty Tests. Donald Trump Is Not.

Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is part of a new generation that rejects demands for performances of patriotism, including those related to 9/11.

• Emma Green
• Apr 16, 2019

Democrats Have to Decide Whether Faith Is an Asset for 2020

The religious left has gotten giddy about South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, but campaign infrastructure and policy matter more than rhetoric.

• Emma Green
• Apr 5, 2019