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...

RFK falsely states that infant boys who are circumcised have double the rate of autism because, he says, they are given Tylenol apnews.com/article/rfk-...

He’s spent 5 years asking people if they’re happy. This is what he learned. Atdhe Trepca’s videos reach millions of people — and the answers still manage to surprise him. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

At a time of rising Christian nationalism, Peter Thiel is framing his pro-technology views in the most dramatic religious language, calling efforts to regulate AI the "Antichrist." The @washingtonpost.com got leaked audiotapes of Thiel's sold-out lectures www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

"Do you know they have the same moon in Gaza? Maybe Dad is looking at the moon right now, too." Each night the wife and two small daughters of one of the Israeli hostages look up and say goodnight to him. This and more rituals of hostage families www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Police say the man who attacked Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur proclaimed allegiance to ISIS. Officials say there is no evidence the man, whose attack left two dead and three seriously wounded, was affiliated with any organized group. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Pope Leo is riling some conservatives, who hoped the first U.S.-born pope would be more of a traditionalist. Instead, they're hearing echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

The Supreme Court last term deferred to Tennessee's judgment that it could ban gender transition care for minors, but now, many on the court are questioning Colorado’s decision to regulate conversion therapy. Lots of debate at the Supreme Court today www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Kinship. Apathy. Disgust. This weekend we ran our first story on a news-breaking poll of US Jews. Today we dig deeper with profiles of individual US Jews and their range of emotions and thoughts on their connections to Israel www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

Today, on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo XIV signed his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexit te" (He loved you), which will be released on Oct. 9. According to reports, this document was begun under the pontificate of Pope Francis and focuses on the poor.

NEWS: It’s rare to get a deep dive into small religious community but the @washingtonpost.com has it today: Many US Jews are sharply critical of Israel’s war in Gaza. Details ⬇️ in thread 1/x washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/06/jewish-americans-israel-poll-gaza/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f002

NEW: What American Jews think about the Israel-Gaza war, according to a Washington Post poll Story with Naftali Bendavid & @emgusk.bsky.social , a project also led by The Post's sage religion reporter @michelleboorstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

WOW. LDS church member launches GoFundMe for the family of the Michigan Mormon church attacker. So far they've raised $100,000. Comments include: "Praying for your family" "You and your family are loved," "We forgive him" www.givesendgo.com/helptheSanfo...

DC's Catholic leader lambasts Trump's deportations, says the effort “embraces as collateral damage the horrific emotional suffering that is being thrust on children..As citizens, we must not be silent as this profound injustice is carried out in our name" www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...

Local authorities said a 40-year-old man rammed a vehicle through the front doors of a Mormon church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sunday, before opening fire, killing at least one person and injuring several others.

Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died apnews.com/article/morm...

“'War-ravaged' Portland was having an unseasonably sunny September day..a long line at the homemade bread stand, cherry trees still blooming..It was the kind of day [that] called for rosé, not federal force." @caseyparks.bsky.social on Trump's latest crusade www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

She's a veteran of the Marine Corps and the Navy, the caregiver to three Trump-loving relatives, and a transgender woman. @caseyparks.bsky.social interviewed Cassandra Williamson about her satirical blog: “A Day in the Life of a Transgender Terrorist" www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

The Catholic archdiocese of DC and Jesuit Refugee Services are hosting the first "Reflection Procession" Sunday in observance of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. There will be seven stops where parishioners, migrants, clergy and others will speak adw.org/news/media-a...

NEW: Jeremy Carl, a top Trump nominee, deleted 1000s of social media posts, many w/inflammatory commentary — including incendiary posts about race, claiming “peaceful coexistence” w/Democrats is impossible - even a call for a political opponent to face the death penalty. www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

🧵 Who's the most informed about American politics? Very lefty seculars. My new FREE study @sfjournal.bsky.social finds atheists/agnostics, especially if they are politically sorted, score higher on knowledge of basic civics & current politics than other groups. 1/ academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

“It feels like a little rebellion to just sit and be" The @washingtonpost.com on the growth across religious traditions of silent retreats www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

“I think that their allegiance to their political association trumps their connection to the cross,..This is really a critical moment for race relations in the nation.” Black Christian leaders speak out on the martyrizing of Charlie Kirk www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Just published a story on how Black pastors have been talking about Charlie Kirk in their congregations. With @bellwak.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social wapo.st/46xXBnq

“They didn’t point fingers. And they certainly didn’t speak with any certainty about who did it, let alone their motive..I think all of them recognized that the country was terribly wounded." Historians on Erika Kirk www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

The U.S. has implemented additional scrutiny for Palestinian asylum seekers, requiring their applications to undergo a secondary review. This policy, unprecedented for an entire identity group, affects Palestinians with various travel documents.

Teachers are losing jobs as conservatives target lessons, speech they dislike

Powerful new reporting, by @hannahnatanson.bsky.social His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

"Spending a little on vaccination avoids spending a lot on treatment," Donald G. McNeil Jr. writes. https://wapo.st/41MxtUp

Ms. Magazine has a timely article on anti-abortion violence coming out in the print magazine laterthis month. It appears in four parts online: msmagazine.com/2025/09/16/a... msmagazine.com/2025/09/17/g... msmagazine.com/2025/09/18/r... msmagazine.com/2025/09/19/a...

Erika Kirk is a very modern type of political widow. @yvonnewingett.bsky.social and I look at how she is taking on this role. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Kirk says America is in a "spiritual battle." On one side are people who want low crime, to get married, buy a house. On the other side are LGBTQ people, Muslims playing the call to prayer. "The American way of life..is Christendom" x.com/AlexDuncanTX...

While decrying the alleged vilification of conservatives, far-right commentator Jesse Kelly says Democrats are communists and demons who must be snuffed out and purged from the country. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

NEW @washingtonpost.com investigation: Migrants locked up in a new Texas facility were subject to conditions that violated at least 60 federal standards. Violations including those to do with inmates' medical, safety and legal rights. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks. The removals are in line with Trump's directive to eliminate information that disparages historic Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This is an archived government report that found that “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.” It existed yesterday and is gone today.

Will my dog be in heaven? Grieving pet owners are finding more religious and spiritual support. Americans are reexamining the relationship between humans and the natural world. It’s changing their religious and spiritual beliefs and practices. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them” www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...