Pope Francis Refused to Be Silent on Gaza. Will His Successor Follow Suit?
Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Trump’s Will Be Done
By Kenneth A. Carlson / Original to ScheerPost Growing up in the heartland of America, as a preacher’s kid nicknamed PK,” I was taught to apply one guiding question to…
Christian Nationalism Marches on With ‘Bible-Infused’ Texas Curriculum
"What we're seeing here in Texas with these lessons is a larger national push to promote the idea that American identity and Christian identity are woven together, are one in…
Michael Brenner: CHAPTER & VERSE
By Michael Brenner On a whim over the July 4 holiday, I wrote to a cross-section of our leaders and celebrities requesting that they tell us what passage of the…
Jesus of Palestine. Jesus of the Gaza Strip
We know how the Christmas story ends. This child becomes a leader, a prophet, the epitome of marginalized humanity: despised, hunted, convicted, and sentenced to death.
The Pope Offers (Mixed) Blessing to Gay Marriage
The Vatican’s progressive change comes in the form of a document expressing support for people seeking “God’s love and mercy."
As a Muslim Incarcerated in New Jersey, I Worry I Will Be Cremated When I Die
I will likely live the rest of my days in prison. But before I do, we need a process to ensure our Islamic burial rites.
Texas Republicans Pass Bill to Require Ten Commandments in Every Classroom
The bill is blatantly unconstitutional, violating First Amendment restrictions on governmental endorsement of religion.
Chris Hedges: The Hypocrisy of the Christian Church
This is a talk Chris Hedges gave on April 6 at a protest at Princeton Theological Seminary demanding the removal of hedge fund billionaire Michael Fisch as chair of the…
We Need to Talk About the Original Sin of Economics
How a bleak Christian theology influenced the development of the dismal science.
The Chris Hedges Report: “The Catholic Church Expelled Me for Supporting Women Joining the Priesthood”
Father Roy Bourgeois discusses his life of religion and activism.
The Perils of Pious Neoliberalism in the Austerity State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The International Labour Organisation’s Global Wage Report 2022–23 tracks the horrendous collapse of real wages for billions of people around the…
Evangelical Lobbying Threatens Supreme Court’s Independence
By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Recent exposés have uncovered an emerging pattern of improper lobbying of right-wing Supreme Court justices by wealthy evangelicals. They reveal serious threats to the independence…
Pope Apologizes For ‘Catastrophic’ School Abuses in Canada
By Nicole Winfield and Peter Smith / AP MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous…