Supreme Court: No Excuse for Discrimination Supreme Court: No Excuse for Discrimination
The Court’s ruling in Windsor v. United States strikes a powerful blow against the right-wing notion that Judeo-Christian morality justifies discrimination.
Jun 26, 2013 / Sarah Posner
Who’s Afraid of Secular Government? Who’s Afraid of Secular Government?
Obama bends over backwards to accommodate faith groups. It’s time for Democrats to champion separation of church and state instead.
Jun 22, 2012 / Sarah Posner
The Party of Bachmann? The Party of Bachmann?
Antigovernment zealots and biblical literalists are driving the race for 2012's Republican presidential nomination.
Aug 24, 2011 / Editorial / Sarah Posner
GOP Front-runners’ Hostility to Government Motivates Fiscal, Social Conservatives in Iowa GOP Front-runners’ Hostility to Government Motivates Fiscal, Social Conservatives in Iowa
At the Iowa straw poll, Michele Bachmann—and Ron Paul—offered up the tough talk on the deficit, and on religion, that voters wanted.
Aug 15, 2011 / Sarah Posner
Religious Right Propels Michele Bachmann, the ‘American Margaret Thatcher,’ Over the Top in Iowa Religious Right Propels Michele Bachmann, the ‘American Margaret Thatcher,’ Over the Top in Iowa
For Iowa voters, Bachmann's Christian rhetoric, combined with staunch opposition to raising the debt ceiling, sealed the deal.
Aug 13, 2011 / Sarah Posner
King Hearing Casts Muslim Americans as Clueless, ‘Not Intellectually Equipped’ King Hearing Casts Muslim Americans as Clueless, ‘Not Intellectually Equipped’
Rep. Peter King’s witnesses tried to paint Muslims as untrustworthy citizens, but other speakers, including LA Sherriff Lee Baca, attested to broad cooperation with law enfor...
Mar 11, 2011 / Sarah Posner
Meet Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, Star Witness in Peter King’s Anti-Muslim Show Trial Meet Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, Star Witness in Peter King’s Anti-Muslim Show Trial
According to Jasser, the Muslim Brotherhood’s mission is to upend the Constitution and impose Sharia law and Islamic “political collectivism” in America.
Mar 8, 2011 / Sarah Posner
Religious War Comes to CPAC Religious War Comes to CPAC
This year’s conservative confab was strained by discord, with gays pitted against the Christian right and Islamophobes battling conservative Muslims.
Feb 14, 2011 / Sarah Posner
Inside the Wisconsin Right’s Voter-Suppression Scheme Inside the Wisconsin Right’s Voter-Suppression Scheme
Tea Party Activists, the state GOP and Americans for Prosperity are mounting a full-scale assault against unsubstantiated 'voter fraud.'
Oct 29, 2010 / Sarah Posner
Tea Party Values Tea Party Values
The upstart energy of the Tea Party is beginning to coalesce with the organizing savvy of the religious right—and putting the force of religious zeal behind the Tea Party&rsq...
Sep 21, 2010 / Sarah Posner