by Craig Nash | Apr 2, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Feature|News, News
Even before his foray into politics in 2015, Donald Trump was known as someone who commands attention and lives by the marketing maxim, “No publicity is bad publicity.” A new Pew Research Center survey has found that he is getting the attention he desires, with 71% of...
by Craig Nash | Apr 1, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Opinion, Opinion
On Tuesday, March 25, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student from Turkey, was taken by masked plainclothes officers on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. She was on her way to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast. Ozturk’s lawyer has said she was not...
by Craig Nash | Mar 27, 2025 | News
As we approach the April 5 deadline for the U.S. to ban the video-based social media platform TikTok, a new Pew Research study found public opinion of the ban is shifting. The original deadline for the ban was January 19, but was extended by President Trump. In March...
by Craig Nash | Mar 26, 2025 | Opinion
Right on cue, the “waste, fraud and abuse” crew deploys a familiar smokescreen to distract from their corruption. Last weekend, the social media platform owned by the oligarch-in-chief was awash in posts decrying the inclusion of sugar-sweetened sodas on the list of...
by Craig Nash | Mar 25, 2025 | News
A coalition of faith-based, community, non-profit, and other civic organizations met at the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery last week to call for reducing the state tax on groceries. The Alabama Arise Action (Arise) group is pushing for a sustainable plan to...