by Wendell Griffen | Jun 18, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following first appeared on Judge Wendell Griffen’s Substack. The signs that democracy in the United States is dysfunctional are no longer doubtful. Last week, a federal judge in California issued a temporary restraining order against President...
by Craig Nash | Jun 18, 2025 | Opinion
I have gained more sympathy in the past week for people who avoid the news. Early last week, President Trump sent National Guard troops into Los Angeles in response to protests over ICE raids throughout the city. Though the demonstrations were confined to a few city...
by Erin Parks | Jun 18, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Opinion, Opinion
Growing up with Focus on the Family, Adventures in Odyssey and other conservative Christian media as the soundtrack to my childhood has left me with bizarre and confusing memories—some of which I am still working out in therapy. On one hand, the music and stories...
by Randall Balmer | Jun 18, 2025 | Opinion
Southern Baptists are at it again. Meeting in Dallas last week, the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, passed several resolutions addressing the critical issues of our time. They resolved to ban pornography, oppose...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 17, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Feature|Opinion, Opinion
In Michel Foucault’s groundbreaking 1975 book, “Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison,” he explored how those who violated the laws of the royal sovereign were subject to torture as a form of punishment. Reform meant the goal of punishment had to evolve from...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 16, 2025 | Opinion
The images captured in 1850 are believed to be the earliest known pictures of Africans who were enslaved during American chattel slavery. The plate daguerreotypes, an early type of photo, are of Renty Taylor and his daughter, Delia. Both are posed and photographed...
