What We Get Wrong About Christian Nationalism www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...

Column: With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Monday, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University.

Bonkers: Son of celebrated D.C.-area sculptor and stone carver who has taught workshops and done restoration work at the Smithsonian Castle was sending threatening, antisemitic letters “He was a mainstream member of the community" www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan Tapped the Power of the New York Pulpit www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Deep, important @washingtonpost.com reporting on the impact of Trump's federal surge on one D.C. neighborhood. Includes hard data, powerful video that sheds light on what these surges mean for actual humans and actual crime. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...

NEWS: Senators freeze Coast Guard admiral’s promotion over swastika, noose policy www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

NEWS: Coast Guard enacts policy downgrading swastikas, nooses to ‘potentially divisive’ New, from Tara Copp and me and me wapo.st/4540Xi5

In a shift, at least six White clergy and a seminarian — including evangelicals — are running for Congress as Democrats in 2026. The jump reflects alarm among progressive pastors about the spread of Christian nationalism. religionnews.com/2025/12/15/w...

Alexander Kleytman was a boy when he fled the Holocaust, then endured years of starvation in Siberia that left him hunched. He suffered decades of antisemitism in the Soviet Union. He thought he had a haven in Sydney, where was shot dead this weekend. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Mia Tretta was a freshman when a classmate opened fire at her California high school. Now the Brown University junior worries how she’ll recover a second time. “I found a place where I finally started to feel comfortable. And it’s been taken again.”

There's a saying in Mexico: "Not all Mexicans are Catholic, but all are Guadalupan." The phrase conveys the deep connection between Our Lady of Guadalupe and the country's identity.

Sporting officials in Egypt and Iran, two countries where homosexuality is severely punished, protested after being drawn to play the “Pride Match” in Seattle during next year’s World Cup.

Pew debunks the idea of mass conversions to Catholicism or Orthodox Christianity. Among 18-24 year-olds, 1% say they've become Catholic/12% say they've left 1% say they've become Orthodox, 1% have left 25% have become unaffiliated after being raised in faith www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

One interesting finding is that 18-22 year-olds are a bit more religious than 23-30 year-olds, particularly on worship attendance. Pew notes this was true of the youngest adults in 2007, but they grew less religious over time.

Pew Research Center just released a big report on religiosity in America, finding little shift since 2020 across four big indicators of religious commitment in its high response-rate NPORS surveys. Worth a read -> www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Religious leaders say they are observing a hidden trend among younger Americans The @washingtonpost.com breaks down new, complex data and does loads of interviews with young Americans to help explain the moment www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

NEW: Fewer and fewer young Americans are religious, but those who are seem to want to go deep www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Vouchers/school choice is the #1 goal of many religious conservative advocates. This may be the deepest profile of the billionaire behind the cause, Jeff Yass. By @laurameckler.bsky.social @bethreinhard.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social of The @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Opinion: Are the jokes the White House and its allies make about killing shipwrecked men like the savagery of ancient gladiator games? "It’s worth considering what President Trump and his administration are doing to the soul of the nation" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

Woah, Lilly is giving $649 MILLION to try and rejuvenate theological education in the US -- which has been collapsing. Grants seem to be going mostly to Catholic and mainline schools, with some evangelical ones too philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/lilly-e...

The examples on the White House's new "media bias" site "is too silly to be worthy of extensive scrutiny. But here are some absurd examples of what earned the White House’s ire" Prominent longtime factchecker @GlennKesslerWP on journalism under attack glennkessler.substack.com/p/the-white-...

Three Jewish liaisons to the White House say "obscene" ideas are being wrongly attributed to Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz. www.jta.org/2025/12/02/i...

1,000 US evangelical pastors are in Israel this week on an Israel-backed tour to show support. It's being billed as the biggest trip of US Christian leaders ever, and reflects some evangelical leaders' concern that support for/focus on Israel is waning in their community 1/3

The Defense Department under Pete Hegseth has been co-opted into President Trump's norm-shattering bid to exploit what are supposed to be the nonpartisan tools of government to crush political foes.

This is a lot of words to say, “Yikes! That Washington Post story about us illegally killing survivors on the open seas was 100% correct!”

In major shift, Mormon Church lowers mission age for women to 18. Experts say the change will impact education, marriage, child-rearing trends in the LDS Church www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

“We live in a tough time” - women cheering for students, federal workers, anyone just randomly exiting subway in DC this morn

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The Guard has been reworking its policies to align with the administration’s changing tolerances for hazing, harassment within the U.S. military. By @taracopp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

NEW PROJECT: The rate of homicides has plummeted nationwide and, in 2025, is trending toward its lowest level in decades. @washingtonpost.com reporters take you to five cities that help explain why www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

Trump defends Saudi Crown Prince MBS over the killing of Washington Post columnist, saying “things happen.” Gives chummy welcome to man who approved the dismemberment of a journalist. "You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

"Anger destroys you..division destroys us. We must find what brings us together" -- Avinatan Or, one of the last Israeli hostages freed, speaking to major N American Jewish conference @jfederations.bsky.social He said he focused on three things: _ This too shall pass _ Patience _ Let it be

The US Catholic bishops spoke out against Trump's immigration crackdown -- without naming him. Longtime church expert @thomasreesesj.bsky.social lays out theories of why religionnews.com/2025/11/13/c...

"The viral success of the TikTok campaign, he said, reflects how for many, trying to reconcile different interpretations of Christianity — one more about managing behavior and the other more about service — hits at an emotional nerve."

NEW: With SNAP benefits paused, one TikToker started calling churches and asking if they'd help with a can of baby formula. Most said no. Then their responses went viral. from me and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social wapo.st/4oJywOk

This pastor fell for a TikTok stunt and sparked a debate on Christian charity. Fascinating reporting with me and @tatumhunter.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

MORE: There have been many individual Catholic bishop statements about immigration enforcement but no one collective statement/vote. Today the bishops will vote on a rare "special message" on the topic -- it needs 2/3 to pass and the draft is not public. Watch here for updates

NEW: US Catholic bishops just took their first step since Trump returned to act collectively in support of immigrants. The new program “You Are Not Alone" lays out ways for Catholics across the country to provide direct aid & solidarity to immigrants. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

For an organization that spent millions over decades on a single issue, the response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrassingly inadequate. What does it mean to be a US Catholic today? www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...

The Washington Post Got 21,000 Emails After It Didn’t Endorse. I Read Them All. Reading and editing letters gave me a theory about what is wrong with America — and how it could be fixed. www.notus.org/perspectives...

Traditional media never took the Christian Right seriously, argues longtime investigative religion reporter Sarah Posner Trump has been propelled to power by a radical religious movement that is a minority in America talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/tradi...

EXCLUSIVE: The secretive donor circle that lifted Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future: Chris Buskirk put tech elites at the power center of Trump’s DC. His efforts are grounded in the belief that an “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

NEW POLL: Majorities of Americans say Trump is not committed to protecting freedom of speech, ensuring a fair criminal justice system or preserving free and fair elections. They rank Democrats higher than Trump on protecting the freedom of religion www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Forty-two million people — roughly 1 in 8 Americans — could see cuts or delays to food assistance as soon as Saturday if the government shutdown continues. Many SNAP recipients are children, elderly or adults with disabilities.

I am “appalled, offended and disgusted that he and Heritage would stand with Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes as somehow being acceptable spokespeople within the conservative movement" - leader of the GOP Jewish Coalition, on close White House ally, Heritage www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Head of DC's Catholic cathedral, where most are young adults, says his congregants are really in fear over the govt shutdown and many lost paychecks. "It's not their problem, it's our problem...we have to look beyond the spiritual" to help them cbn.com/news/politic...

Jewish family sues NYC’s Met Museum over ‘secretly trafficked’ Nazi-looted van Gogh www.thejc.com/news/usa/jew...

As AI videos and images spread across the internet, tech companies have developed a plan to prevent mass confusion. But tests by The Post on eight major social platforms found that only one of them added a warning to an uploaded AI video.

BLOCKBUSTER @washingtonpost.com report on misconduct charges against two leaders in a key part of conservative Protestantism: the Anglican Church in North America 1/3 www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Most Jewish Americans feel at least "somewhat safe" in the U.S., but fewer than 1 in 5 feel "very safe." (@michelleboorstein.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social, Washington Post) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251016-top...

About 7 in 10 U.S. Jews disapprove of President Trump's job performance. (@michelleboorstein.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social, Washington Post) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251016-top...