by Michelle Wahila | Jan 15, 2026 | Opinion
We are now mid-January in what already feels like the longest year on record. News headlines from the first ten days of 2026 could make anyone weep— from renewed airstrikes in Syria to Iran’s bloody crackdown on dissent to Ukraine’s ongoing battlefields and widespread...
by Scott C Ryan | Jan 15, 2026 | Opinion
A line from Jason Isbell’s song “Cast Iron Skillet” often replays in my mind: “This town won’t get no better, will it?” I have little hope these days that humans will act in the interest of others rather than themselves. I find it difficult to muster the confidence...
by Craig Nash | Jan 14, 2026 | Opinion
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, I predicted a new golden age of popular protest music was upon us. As the Trump years have turned into the Trump decade, my forecast has mostly proven to be a dud. With the exception of hip-hop, which reliably names...
by Caleb Lines | Jan 14, 2026 | Opinion
At the Center for Progressive Christianity, we articulate five core values that positively define what progressive Christians believe—not as boundary markers meant to exclude, but as signposts pointing toward a generous, faithful, and honest way of living the...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Jan 14, 2026 | Opinion
As we are all now painfully and polaristically aware, Renee Nicole Good, a thirty-seven-year-old mother of three who had dropped her six-year-old off at school last Wednesday morning, was shot three times point-blank in a residential neighborhood by ICE officer...
by Justin Cox | Jan 13, 2026 | Opinion
“Does it still work, daddy?” My oldest asks this, standing beside me at the bottom of a ladder. I’ve been in the attic of my childhood home. I smell like mold and memories. Dust, grime and pink fiberglass insulation cling to me. Up there, I uncovered a...
