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A Rabbi's Activist Journey

October 7, 2025Rebecca Alpert

One rabbi’s path to becoming a public, pro-Palestinian activist that others can follow

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Building Resistance: On Church, Space, and Crisis

October 7, 2025Lynne Gerber

The coalitions that were able to come together during the AIDS epidemic because a queer church owned its own...

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The Catholic Worker's Radical Vision

October 7, 2025Diana Kruzman

Keeping a century-old movement alive, and renewed for today's problems, in the fight for social justice

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The Spiritual Is Political: Georgia’s Peace Cathedral as a Hub for Pro-Democracy Religious Resistance

October 7, 2025Ken Chitwood

A multireligious coalition united to fight autocracy and promote the benefits of religious and ethnic diversity

Column

More than Missionary: The Cost of Reproductive Freedom

October 7, 2025Gillian Frank

The religious groups that help pay for abortions and the challenges they face

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Can Anyone Be Against Us? Resisting Disappearance Across the Américas

October 7, 2025Barbara Sostaita

The religious leaders and communities working to protect people that governments want to deport and disappear

Conversation

Greg Bourke, Gay Catholic Activist, on Why It’s More Important to Stay and Fight

May 7, 2025Jerry Portwood

“If everybody just walks away, then the bullies are gonna win, the injustice is gonna remain, and nothing’s gonna...

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Against War: The Mysterious Death of Student Protestor, Timothy MacCarry

February 5, 2025David Griffith

An anti-war student’s strange death decades ago and how it resonates on college campuses today

Conversation

Parodying and Using Religion to Try to Save the Planet

December 12, 2024Kali Handelman, George González

A conversation about George González’s book, “The Church of Stop Shopping and Religious Activism”

Conversation

The Fire to Create the World Anew

April 4, 2024Kali Handelman, Laura McTighe, Deon Haywood

After an arson attack intended to destroy their work, the Women With A Vision collective rose to fight back....

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From Puerto Rico to Palestine, with Solidarity

March 7, 2024Ken Chitwood

Exploring alliances between Puerto Ricans and Palestinians

Excerpt

Protestant Assumptions and the “Green Ceiling”

October 7, 2021Amanda Baugh

An excerpt from the book God and the Green Divide: Religious Environmentalism in Black and White

Conversation

Secular Sex and Social Justice

October 6, 2020Kali Handelman, Janet Jakobsen

Kali Handelman interviews Janet Jakobsen about her book The Sex Obsession and what it can teach us about today's...

Photo Essay

Queer Nuns and Digital Dragtivism in the Age of COVID-19

September 3, 2020Lauren Pond

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are spreading joy and pushing boundaries during the pandemic

Feature

Hemophilology

August 9, 2019Anand Venkatkrishnan

The hemophilologist is a kind of secular witness, offering an account of truth, pain, sensitivity, and care, all at...

Field Note

Why I Share My Story: Vulnerability, Representation & Empowerment

September 10, 2018Simran Jeet Singh

Being public is a political decision rooted in love and directed toward helping others see what they do not...

Feature

Scholarship, Activism, and Dad Jokes: A Conversation with Simran Jeet Singh

April 22, 2018Simran Jeet Singh, Kali Handelman

Simran Jeet Singh speaks with us about activism, writing, and why he spends so much time on Twitter.

Column

The Patient Body: Industrial Strength Moral Compass

February 12, 2018Ann Neumann

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine....

Feature

Why Sikhs Serve: The Tradition of Seva as Justice Inspired by Love

December 21, 2017Simran Jeet Singh

Simran Jeet Singh on the Sikh tradition of justice work.

Refusing to Vanish: Muslim Women’s AIDS Activism

December 1, 2017Laura McTighe

Laura McTighe, along with Waheedah Shabazz-El and Faghmeda Miller, tells the story of how two Muslim women have turned...

Review

Radix Redux: Characterizing American Religious Radicalism

October 17, 2017

Geoffrey Pollick reviews American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice by Albert J....

In the News: Apocalypse, Saints & Breadsticks

October 17, 2017

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Protests, Polemics, and Pastries

April 4, 2017

A round-up of recent religion news.

Feature

Shopping for Salvation in a Brand New World

March 8, 2017

George Gonzalez asks "Will the revolution be commodified?"

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A Rabbi's Activist Journey

Building Resistance: On Church, Space, and Crisis

The Catholic Worker's Radical Vision

The Spiritual Is Political: Georgia’s Peace Cathedral as a Hub for Pro-Democracy Religious Resistance

More than Missionary: The Cost of Reproductive Freedom

Can Anyone Be Against Us? Resisting Disappearance Across the Américas

Greg Bourke, Gay Catholic Activist, on Why It’s More Important to Stay and Fight

Against War: The Mysterious Death of Student Protestor, Timothy MacCarry

Parodying and Using Religion to Try to Save the Planet

The Fire to Create the World Anew

From Puerto Rico to Palestine, with Solidarity

Protestant Assumptions and the “Green Ceiling”

Secular Sex and Social Justice

Queer Nuns and Digital Dragtivism in the Age of COVID-19

Hemophilology

Why I Share My Story: Vulnerability, Representation & Empowerment

Scholarship, Activism, and Dad Jokes: A Conversation with Simran Jeet Singh

The Patient Body: Industrial Strength Moral Compass

Why Sikhs Serve: The Tradition of Seva as Justice Inspired by Love

Refusing to Vanish: Muslim Women’s AIDS Activism

Radix Redux: Characterizing American Religious Radicalism

In the News: Apocalypse, Saints & Breadsticks

In the News: Protests, Polemics, and Pastries

Shopping for Salvation in a Brand New World

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