Today is the ONLY day the public can comment. Demand a PUBLIC HEARING.

It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan. Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination. Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...

“The people whose rights are being violated don’t have a lot of power, and the people responsible for the pollution are huge mega corporations with a lot of power…And they’ve been getting away with this for decades now.”

Cows and cellos (and the answer to the quiz at the end of the NYT World newsletter): www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/a...

NEW: Earlier this month, I spent the day with the Luhmanns — a family rooted in theologically conservative Christianity. In the morning, the homeschooled teenage sons tracked ICE. In the afternoon, the mother aided an immigrant mother whose partner was deported. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...

The dramatic back-lighting felt appropriate for a (brilliant) panel on Phil Ziegler's book The Devil Revisited (the backlit scholars are John Barclay and Susannah Ticciati) #AARSBL2025

My little book on the prayer of lament is on sale for 50% at Wipf&Stock with coupon code CONFSHIP: wipfandstock.com/978172527258...

Almost 500k studies showing COVID causes lasting damage… if that doesn’t convince anyone, nothing will. Source: x.com/Doorenspleet...

Tenure-track position in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore; DM me with questions: loyola.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

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A book I co-edited in honor of my mentor Klyne Snodgrass is on sale for 50% off; Use code CONFSHIP at checkout -- wipfandstock.com/978149820535...

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

Absoutely maddening that one rich guy in New York can do this to Baltimore. Also: watch the whole video...don't stop before the bathtub

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If the administration would like to help Nigerian Christians, they should reinstitute foreign aid, not attack Nigeria: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...

ICE isn’t going after the worst of the worst. This morning, they took a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district. #ice #chicago

Study: Viral Infections and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Published: 29 October 2025 www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack Heart attack risk triples within weeks after a COVID-19 infection and quadruples within a month after a flu infection, per a large review and analysis published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Source: archive.li/kbL8w

On the bright side, Argentina’s stock market is doing great today after Trump gave them $40 billion. Meanwhile, Americans are expected to go hungry in just a few days.

Let children live christiansforsocialaction.org/resource/let...

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

When people ask me why I'm not jumping on the AI bandwagon, this is one of the reasons: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Junior Research Fellowship in New Testament Studies at the University of Oxford's Keble College! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPD325/j...

#NYC #NoKings 👑

To all who are attending a No Kings rally tomorrow, Trump and figures in his administration are attempting to smear the rallies as hateful and violent. We know that’s not true, so don’t take the bait. Keep it calm. Keep it safe. Keep it joyful. See you out there!

The federal judiciary has run out of money to operate, but "tremendous amounts of money" raised for WH ballroom. Let them eat cake

"Can you fulfill your responsibilities without violating Jesus’ teachings? If not, could it be that your loyalty to Jesus calls you to walk away?" Thank you to Christians for Social Action for publishing my appeal to ICE agents who share my faith. christiansforsocialaction.org/resource/app...

"Critical hope in universities...is about cultivating the courage to see clearly and to act anyway." forum.academica.ca/forum/lllumi...

This one really kicked me in the gut. He's referred to as an "alien" (intentionally derogatory) but he and his family are ASYLUM SEEKERS and have a pending asylum case. www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-13-yea...

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating. Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape. Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.

A window into courageous resistance to ICE in Chicago: www.holypost.com/post/the-sky...

The Psalter was the fundamental devotional text of the Middle Ages, and our exhibition of the week on Psalm 27 features three different ones. Click here to read the comparative commentary: thevcs.org/lord-my-ligh...

Come be my colleague! Loyola University Maryland is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: loyola.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

Some beauty in the midst of all the chaos: thevcs.org/bible-and-ar...

Has anyone kept tabs on how many lawmakers/elected officials/candidates have been arrested, detained or physically confronted by ICE and other federal agents this year? Ald. Jessie Fuentes below, and gonna link to some more in a non-exhaustive thread:

The juxtaposition of this with the Trump/Hegseth speeches at the Pentagon is profoundly troubling. Spiritual warfare layered onto actual military warfare. @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social

I was honored to preach at @candlertheology.bsky.social's chapel last week. My sermon was "Render Unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power." There may have been some subtext. Watch here: www.youtube.com/embed/Xdk3k3... Read here: matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/render-unt...

Thanks to @shadihamid.bsky.social for this insightful analysis of American Christianity: wapo.st/4gJxVsG

Tenure track position in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at UC Berkeley in HEBREW BIBLE. The appointment will include the option to join the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, which I am chairing at the moment. Happy to answer questions.

It took me 2 minutes to write about how this proposed rule would eliminate all foreign PhD students, who are a critical part of US science and technology, and drive US innovation and economic growth

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L'shana Tovah - a blessed Rosh Hashanah - to my Jewish friends

This is really important reporting: several of us have tracked and mentioned this in bits and pieces, but this is a three-byline story that gives it a full, long-form treatment.

The remarks for which Jimmy Kimmel was suspended weren't about Donald Trump-or even Charlie Kirk They were about the shooter But that's beside the point Because the First Amendment permits insensitive speech-even if it criticizes our government That's the difference between democracy and fascism

Act Now for a Peaceful World: the International Day of Peace 2025 johntsquires.com/2025/09/21/a...

Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.