Obama and King Obama and King
As Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of King's most famous speech, a historian looks beyond the obvious analogies.
Aug 18, 2008 / Feature / Adele Oltman
When Pastors Go Postal When Pastors Go Postal
The case against Victoria Osteen embodies the narcissism of those who preach the Gospel of prosperity.
Aug 12, 2008 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich
Flocking to Faith Flocking to Faith
Obama's incredible faith-based initiative.
Jul 31, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Who’s Afraid of Judy Maccabee? Who’s Afraid of Judy Maccabee?
Women increasingly are taking leadership roles in Jewish life--and that's a problem?
Jul 2, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Catholic Worker at 75 Catholic Worker at 75
The movement she inspired--passionate, pacifist and siding with the scorned--is seventy-five and going strong.
Jul 2, 2008 / Editorial / Colman McCarthy
Inside Obama’s Christian Crusade Inside Obama’s Christian Crusade
With little to lose and everything to gain, Obama has lifted high the cross. But are there invisible strings attached?
Jul 2, 2008 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism
Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.
Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Are Evangelicals Going Green? Are Evangelicals Going Green?
How solidly Republican will Christian evangelicals be in 2008? Could concern about the planet be the issue that draws many believers into the Democratic camp?
Jun 12, 2008 / Video / American News Project
The Long Life of the Frontier Mullah The Long Life of the Frontier Mullah
The history of Pakistan's border regions remains an unruly captive of the imperial "Great Game."
Jun 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Basharat Peer
Beyond Belief Beyond Belief
Can the wall between church and state balance the principles of neutrality and accomodation?
May 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Sharlet