News Tidbits

The Independent: U.S. states consider laws allowing creationism to be taught by science teachers

Las Vegas Sun: Religious concerns meet Nevada bill banning therapy to convert gay, lesbian minors

The Lakeland Ledger: Polk bus driver placed on administrative leave; accused of telling boy he and his moms are going to hell

Baptist News Global: Baptist state convention sued over rape at church camp(Trigger warning)

Pink News: Christian law firm claims gay people are building an ‘army' to challenge Trump

Commentary Tidbits

Roll to Disbelieve: The Gaze of Dead Children Follows Me Today

Rolling Stone: Betsy DeVos' Holy War

The Daily Banter: White Evangelicals Think They're Discriminated Against More Than Blacks, Jews, and Muslims

Human Rights Watch: ‘Gag Rule’ Huge Setback for Women

Canadian Senator Wants to Focus on "Good Deeds" of Residential Schools

In the 19th and 20th century, many Native American and First Nations children were compelled to attend Indian residential schools in the U.S. and Canada. Administered by Christian churches, the residential schools were boarding schools intended to assimilate indigenous children into white culture and Christian religion. At worst, residential schools were attempts at ethnocide that disrupted indigenous families, subjected children to abuse and neglect, and left many students with lifelong trauma.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada investigated the experiences of residential school attendees, finding evidence of inadequate facilities, cultural suppression, and institutionalized child neglect and abuse. The Aboriginal Healing Foundation has also documented the destructive legacy of the colonization and abuse that took place in the residential schools, while also honoring the attendees resilience. Other organizations have also noted the negative impact of the residential schools, and survivors have long spoken for themselves about their experiences.

Despite ample evidence that the Canadian residential school experience was harrowing for many children, one Canadian lawmaker thinks that the public should focus on the good that the schools supposedly achieved.

According to CBC News, in a March 7th speech to Canada's Red Chamber, Conservative Senator Lynn Beyak defended residential schools as institutions run by "well-intentioned men and women" that performed "remarkable works" and "good deeds." In a recording to Beyak's speech, she lamented the fact that child abuse reports have overshadowed the "abundance of good" performed at residential schools, saying that "mistakes were made".

"Honorable senators, I rise today to address Inquiry 19 of Senator Kim Pate, the knowledgeable and thoughtful inquiry that she issued here a few weeks ago. I want to present a somewhat different side of the residential school story. Far too many indigenous people, especially women, are incarcerated in Canada today, and like everyone in this chamber, I seek to find solutions. Today, I will take a broad look at several timely indigenous issues that are before us.

I speak partly for the record, but mostly in memory of the kindly and well-intentioned men and women and their descendants — perhaps some of us here in this chamber — whose remarkable works, good deeds and historical tales in the residential schools go unacknowledged for the most part and are overshadowed by negative reports.

Obviously, the negative issues must be addressed, but it is unfortunate that they are sometimes magnified and considered more newsworthy than the abundance of good.

It is because of the less partisan nature of the Senate that we have the ability to look at issues a bit more objectively, to take that second silver look that sometimes gets missed in the theatrics of politics. Honorable colleagues, I want to first acknowledge the excellent work undertaken by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Mistakes were made at residential schools, in many instances horrible mistakes that overshadowed some good things that also happened at those schools."

Beyak's comments come after she made an equally controversial statement at a January 31st meeting of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, of which she is a member. While addressing Professor J.R. Miller of the University of Saskatchewan, Beyak expressed disappointment that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission "didn't focus on the good" in residential schools. She also claimed that her First Nations friends who supposedly bask in "positivity and happiness" were Christians, but why she emphasized this fact was unclear.

"I live in a riding that has 52 First Nations around us in our catchment area, and I have many friends there, and they have sent me testimonials about many good experiences. The best example is the playwright Tomson Highway, who credits his success to going to residential school. He acknowledges the atrocities but says there were good people doing good things, who taught him language and how to play the piano ... I was disappointed in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report in that it didn't focus on the good. The people I talk to are Christians. They belong to Spirit Alive, a group in Saskatchewan, and Tribal Trails. They look through the windshield rather than the rearview mirror. They want to move ahead in positivity and happiness and not focus always on the past."

Beyak's comments are not going over well with other leaders. The Globe and Mail reports that the Conservative Party is distancing itself from Beyak's remarks and emphasizing that her comments do not reflect the party's views. CTV News reports that New Democrat Senator Romeo Saganash (himself a residential school survivor) called the residential school system "genocide" and has called on Beyak to resign. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett called the comments "ill-informed, offensive and simply wrong."

While some students at Canadian residential schools did report positive experiences to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, these do not erase the negative experiences of many other students. The positive experiences of some students do not excuse acts of colonization, family disruption, physical abuse, sexual assault, and neglect reported by others.

If we are to avoid repeating historical mistakes, we must take an honest look at those mistakes instead of dismissing them as "theatrics" or "rearview mirror" gazing. Canadians (and Americans) must acknowledge all aspects of the residential schools that people in power imposed on indigenous children. If that legacy causes some people to feel uncomfortable, they should not soothe that discomfort by white-washing the actions of their historical predecessors.

(Hat tip to Shira.)

Quotes from 2017 CPAC

The 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) took place on February 22-25 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The Trump administration left its mark on the event, with President Trump's rambling speech, Steven Bannon and Reince Priebus presenting a united front, and multiple Trump cabinet picks taking the stage. CPAC was also an opportunity for a pranksters to poke fun at Trump by posing as a Russian Trump fan and distributing Russian flags embossed with Trump's name, which attendees happily waved.

CPAC rhetoric is usually hair-raising and unapologetically right-ring, but this year's event was different, in that it reminded listeners how times have changed under the Trump administration. Quotes from Betsy DeVos, Kellyanne Conway, and Scott Pruitt are unsettling because they come from leaders in high positions of power who have the influence to shape policy for the worst.

First, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos gave a speech at 2017 CPAC in which she demonized the "educational establishment" and universities, an unsettling omen of education policies to come. In a speech transcript posted at the Washington Post, DeVos depicted the U.S. educational system as a failure, blaming the "educational establishment" for resisting reforms. She plugged school vouchers as a right for parents and a solution to real or imagined educational woes.

"But today, we know the system is failing too many kids. Why? Because our nation’s test scores have flatlined. Because 1.3 million children drop out of school every year. Because the previous administration spent seven billion of your dollars on “School Improvement Grants,” thinking they could demonstrate that money alone would solve the problem. Yet their own report, issued as they walked out the door, showed that it had zero impact on student outcomes and performance. They tested their model, and it failed, miserably.

This is not an indictment of teachers. We all know good public school teachers. My mom was one. Good teachers make a real difference. Good teachers deserve to be honored and compensated accordingly.

But the education establishment has been blocking the doorway to reforms, fixes and improvements for a generation.

This not a Left or Right issue. This is an American issue. We need education to work for every child.

Let me ask you: Do you believe parents should be able to choose the best school for their child regardless of their ZIP code or family income? Me too. And so does President Trump."

DeVos painted an ugly picture of higher education, claiming that college and university faculty order students what to do and how to think.

"The fight against the education establishment extends to you too. The faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously, what to think. They say that if you voted for Donald Trump, you’re a threat to the university community. But the real threat is silencing the First Amendment rights of people with whom you disagree."

DeVos triggered public outrage with her statement that, "I, however, pride myself on being ... perhaps the first person to tell Bernie Sanders to his face that there’s no such thing as a free lunch." Observers interpreted her statement as a insult to the National School Lunch Program, which provides low-cost and free lunches to children living in poverty.

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway sat down with Mercedes Schlapp for a conversation at CPAC. According to a transcript posted at Fortune, Conway praised her independent mother (who allegedly never used the word "feminist") and claimed that Donald Trump is a champion of women. Trump's offensive comments about women, not to mention the numerous accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assault made against him, did not enter the conversation.

"I was raised to be a very strong and independent woman without anybody ever saying the word feminist or having any political conversation ... We were taught to ... be free-thinking, independent, to look at your goals. And that old saying, you could never go home was never true in my community. We always felt like we could go home. And I -- I believe that Donald Trump is someone who is not fully understood for how compassionate and what a great boss he is to women. He has been ... promoting and elevating women in the Trump Corporation, in the Trump campaign, in the Trump Cabinet, certainly in the Trump White House. It's just a very natural affinity for him."

Conway also made ill-informed comments about feminism based on "man-basher" stereotypes. She contrasted this caricature of "classic" feminism with "conservative / individual feminism", which encourages women to make their own choices without complaining or reliance on the government. I don't know which was more offensive: her ignorant caricature of feminism, which takes many forms and has helped women make immense strides, or her promotion of a facile "individual feminism" which ignores social and structural inequalities that oppress women.

"So I don't know about calling yourself a feminist. I also, for me, its difficult for me to call myself a feminist in the classic sense because it seems to be very anti-male and it certainly is very pro-abortion in this context. And I'm neither anti-male or pro- abortion, so. There's an individual feminism, if you will, that you make your own choices. Mercedes, I look at myself as a product of my choices, not a victim of my circumstances. And that's really clearly ... what conservatives, feminism, if you will, is all about. My mother didn't feel sorry for herself, she was left with no child support, no alimony at a very young age, with a child to raise, a high school education and she just figured it out. She didn't complain, she didn't rely upon government, she relied upon her own skill set, her own self confidence, her own drive in moxie and her own duty to me and her and she relied upon her family and her faith."

CPAC as a whole did not take environmental threats seriously, judging from the presence of organizations such as the CO2 Coalition and workshops with titles such as "Fake Climate News Camouflaging an Anti-Capitalist Agenda". For example, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt seemed eager to roll back environmental policies as part of "regulatory certainty", telling CPAC attendees about plans to cut back environmental regulations. During Pruitt's conversation with Gina Loudon, Loudon asked the audience if they wanted the EPA to disappear. "A show of hands, those of you who kind of hope that Administrator Pruitt will just sort of make the EPA go away," she asked. Hoots and applause rose from the audience. Pruitt argued that such animosity toward the EPA was justified, arguing that the Obama Administration EPA had seized too much power.

"Well, it's justified. I think as we look over the last several years, the agency that I'm tasked to lead at this point has been used by the previous administration to truly impact our country in ways that we never could have imagined eight years ago. Jobs have been impacted. The authority that the Washington D.C. [office] has, the assumption of power and the accumulation of power, they've taken advantage of that, and so, I think it's justified. I think people across this country look at the EPA much like they look at the IRS, and I hope to be able to change that."

CPAC reminds us of what our country has become, and could become, under the Trump administration. We have an Education Secretary with warped ideas about the education system, an EPA Administrator who seeks to roll back environmental regulations, and a non-feminist White House counsel who has the ear of a misogynist president. Do we need any more reminders of why staying informed and politically active is important in these times?

News Tidbits

Christian Post: Public Decries Christian Men's Conference for Featuring Speakers Accused of Rape, Sexual Abuse Cover-Up

Washington Blade: Anti-LGBT legal organization designated a hate group

The Hill: Washington court rules against florist who refused flowers for gay wedding

ABC 33/40: Alabama: Briarwood Presbyterian Church seeks lawmakers’ approval to establish police force

Huffington Post: Creationist Ken Ham’s Giant ‘Noah’s Ark’ To Feature Dinosaurs vs. Giants Diorama

Gay Star News: New Mexico Senate votes to ban anti-LGBT conversion therapy

Pink News: Christian radio host Bryan Fischer says homosexuals are ‘literally’ Nazi stormtroopers

Washington Post: Influential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms

The Independent: UK: Children at faith school 'ordered by teachers to ignore classmate because her parent is transgender'

Commentary Tidbits

The Conversation: Trump’s vow to ‘destroy’ Johnson Amendment could wreak havoc on charitable world

The Atlantic: These Conservative Christians Are Opposed to Trump—and Suffering the Consequences

Washington Post: A blueprint for resistance to Trump has emerged. Here’s what it looks like.

New York Times: Taboo Italian Thinker Is Enigma to Many, but Not to Bannon

HIV Plus: How Long Before the Muslim Ban Becomes a Brown Ban?

Huffington Post: Betsy DeVos Poses Immediate Danger To LGBT Students

Huffington Post: Frank Worthen, the ‘Father’ of Ex-gay Ministry Love in Action, Dies at Age 87

Santa Fe New Mexican: Conversion therapy created self-hatred, self-destruction

Commentary Tidbits

Media Matters for America: One Type Of Terrorism Really Is Underreported: Right-Wing Terrorism

Huffington Post: Steve Bannon Believes The Apocalypse Is Coming And War Is Inevitable

Religion News Service: Politicize our charities and churches? No thanks. 

Right Wing Watch: David Barton Is Organizing A WallBuilders ‘Teachers Conference’

Gizmodo: Science Teachers on Why Betsy DeVos Is a 'Monstrous Mistake'

Think Progress: The racist history of incarceration that Donald Trump is threatening to repeat

Salon: Most Americans don’t want “religious freedom” laws that allow anti-LGBT discrimination

Today's Orange Horrors, and Glimmers of Hope

#Breaking: Anti-Trump protest on steps of JP Morgan in Lower Manhattan. They're worried about future of #DoddFrank regulations @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/BPpOaRZ6QX

— Ayana Harry PIX11 (@AyanaHarry) February 7, 2017

Boston Globe: Betsy DeVos confirmed as Education secretary, thanks to VP

NPR: Reaction To DeVos Vote Is Swift, And Divided

New York Times: How Senators Voted on Betsy DeVos

The Hill: Senate Dems plan all-nighter to protest Sessions

Washington Post: Cabinet nominees are getting more ‘no’ votes than ever

NBC News: Trump Immigration Executive Order Fight Goes to Appeals Court

BBC News: US justice department defends 'lawful' Trump travel ban

Politico: White House rattled by McCarthy's spoof of Spicer



Don't lose heart. We need hope more than ever.

Christian Science Monitor: Tens of thousands of protest calls didn't stop DeVos. But they're not in vain.

Reuters: U.S. EPA employees protest Trump's pick to run agency 

New York Times: About 20 Rabbis Arrested During Protest Over Trump Travel Ban

Gothamist: Hundreds Of NYC Students Walk Out Of Class To Protest Trump & DeVos

Science: Biotech bosses protest Trump’s travel ban

WFMJ: Former teachers protest in Greenville over new U.S. Education Secretary

Pennlive: 'We won't forget': Pa. protesters say Toomey's DeVos vote ignored will of constituents 

Today's Orange Horrors, and Glimmers of Hope

Happening now. #BodegaStrike in Brooklyn. More American flags than I've seen at any protest. #NoBanNoWall pic.twitter.com/KiBeKNkTO6

— Raqiyah Mays (@RaqiyahMays) February 2, 2017

NPR: Yemen Aftermath: Trump's First Military Raid Continues To Raise Questions

Associated Press: Trump vows to repeal political limits on churches

Reuters: Trump threatens U.C. Berkeley after protests stop far-right speech

Forbes: Trump's SCOTUS Pick Neil Gorsuch: On Abortion, Religion, Immigration And More 



Don't give up. Resistant to the Trump administration continues.

Yahoo News: Evangelical Christians protest Trump refugee ban outside prayer breakfast

NBC News: Apple, Amazon, and Google Are Preparing a Letter to Trump to Protest Travel Ban

Buzzfeed: Twitter Employees Are Donating $1.59 Million To The ACLU After Trump’s Travel Ban

Philly*com: Hundreds of Comcast employees protest Trump's immigration policies

NBC 4 New York: NYC Delis, Bodegas Close Thursday in Protest of Trump Travel Ban 

PIX 11: 1,000 Yemeni-American bodega owners rally in Brooklyn against Trump’s travel ban

Today's Orange Horrors, and Glimmers of Hope

Protest against Trump's immigration executive order marching through downtown Minneapolis tonight. pic.twitter.com/CyX2YQZ9fY

— Tony Webster (@webster) February 1, 2017

CNN: Tillerson sworn in as secretary of state

NPR: Senate Republicans Defy Democrats' Boycott To Advance Trump Nominees

NBC News: Jerry Falwell Jr. Asked to Lead Trump Higher Education Task Force

Politico: White House ices out CNN

Edge Media Network: Hate Group Head Applauds Trump's SCOTUS Pick

The Guardian: Historian Deborah Lipstadt accuses Trump advisers of 'soft Holocaust denial'



As worrisome as the news remains, we still have reasons to be hopeful.

New York Times: State Dept. Dissent Cable on Trump’s Ban Draws 1,000 Signatures

Buzzfeed: New York City Bodegas Will Shut Down To Protest The Immigration Ban

Atlanta Journal Constitution: CNN producer detained in Atlanta files lawsuit against immigration order

Los Angeles Times: Trump calls off economic speech in Milwaukee amid protests

Reuters: Texas Muslims decry Trump policies at capitol rally in Austin

CBS News: College offers "refugee scholarship" in protest of Trump's travel ban

The Guardian: Public figures call for biggest ever UK protest to oppose Trump visit

Will Important Federal Programs Be On the Chopping Block?

On January 19th, the Hill reported that two members of Trump's transition team, Russ Vought and John Gray, were discussing budget cuts with the White House budget office. The proposed budget cuts, which would reportedly reduce federal spending by $10.5 trillion over 10 years, are alarming.

The proposed budget cuts listed in the Hill article include:

• Privatization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting


• Elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities


• Major funding reductions for the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce.


• Funding cuts and program eliminations for the Departments of Justice, State, and Transportation

It gets worse. Vought and Gray previously worked for the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank, according to the Hill. The proposed budget changes strongly resemble those described in a budget "blueprint" published last year by the Heritage Foundation*, the Hill reports. In The Budget Book: 106 Ways to Reduce the Size & Scope of Government, the Heritage Foundation proposed even more horrifying budget cuts, including:

• Elimination of all Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grants


• Elimination of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services


• Elimination of grants within the Office of Justice Programs


• Elimination of Titles II, VI, and VIII of the Higher Education Act


• Phasing out Head Start


• Elimination of the Renewable Fuel Standard, regional EPA programs, the EPA's environmental justice programs, and multiple EPA climate programs

After the inauguration, Americans must keep a close eye on the Trump administration's budget proposals. If the administration's proposed budget conforms to the Heritage Foundation's budget blueprint, vital crime victim services, educational programs, environmental programs, and stewards of the arts would be on the chopping block. Free expression, media, public safety, and the educational attainment of the next generation would all suffer greatly. This outcome is unacceptable.


To read additional commentary, visit the following links.

Chicago Tribune: Cutting the NEA is first move to eliminate a free, open public realm

Media Matters for America: Corporation For Public Broadcasting: Reported Trump Privatization Plan Would Be “Devastating” To Public Media

The Hill: Arts groups gear up for fight over NEA


* Blueprint for a Balanced Budget 2.0, written by the Republican Study Committee, also warrants attention.

Commentary Tidbits

Mother Jones: Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America's Schools to Build "God's Kingdom"

Right Wing Watch: Anti-Choice Activist Confident ‘A Jeff Sessions-Directed Justice Department Will Go After Planned Parenthood’

The Advocate: Americans Are Trying to Poison Romania With Homophobia

Al*com: Brandi Burgess, bisexual daughter of Rick & Bubba host: 'I am praying for my father'

News Tidbits

Colorado Springs Gazette:  Leadership diversity a challenge for Colorado Springs evangelical organizations

KTRE 9: Lufkin business owner refuses service to gay couple, explains why in ad

Des Moines Register: ACLU warns Iowa schools about anti-gay Christian group

Metro Weekly: Anti-gay activist writing God-centric government textbooks for public schools

Religion News Service: New Jersey priest suspended for supporting gay groups

Pink News: Church of England vicar suggests gay pride encourages child abuse

News Tidbits

Indianapolis Star: Son had 36 bruises. Mom quoted the Bible as defense

Texas Observer: Signs of God: How a mayor’s campaign to keep a Jesus sign brought discord to a God-fearing East Texas town

KCRA 3: California: Carmichael faith-based hospital denies transgender man hysterectomy

New York Daily News: Queens Democratic candidate wants to erase same-sex couples from school textbooks

Gay Star News: 'Christian Warrior' threatens to kill LGBTI people in chilling Youtube video

Christian Today: Mars Hill racketeering case against Mark Driscoll and former elder dismissed

The Advocate: Clinic offering 'abortion reversal' could open next to New Orleans Planned Parenthood

CBC: Two private schools won't comply with Alberta LGBTQ policy, says pastor

NPR: Catholic Church Groups Fight Bills To Revive Old Sex Abuse Cases

NPR: Latest Religious Liberty Battle: Church-Affiliated Colleges And LGBT Students

Commentary Tidbits

Laughing in Disbelief: Five Tips I’m Giving My Kids About Cults

The Good Men Project: The Darker Side of the Religious Right

Huffington Post: Air Force Chief Of Chaplains Openly Blesses Blatantly Anti-LGBT Award Event

Think Progress: Universities Rejecting LGBT Students Essential To Religious Liberty, New Coalition Claims

Religion News Service: Why a stout theological creed won't save evangelical churches

Commentary Tidbits

NPR: There's No Controversy: Let's Stop Failing Our Children On Evolution

Mic: Marco Rubio to Spend Two-Month Anniversary of Pulse Shootings at Anti-Gay Conference

The Atlantic: The Christian Sects Who Protest at Conventions

The Telegraph: Islamic terror could drive Europe into the arms of the far right 

Washington Post: One ‘enemy of equality’ for LGBT Americans doth protest too much

New York Times: Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored

The Advocate: What's in the Mind of a Trump Voter?

Huffington Post: Anti-LGBTQ Activists Are Beginning To Realize ‘We Don’t Win Anymore’

Huffington Post: A Friend Gave Me Date Rape Drugs, And I Got Pregnant. My Church Told Me To Repent.

Commentary Tidbits

New York Times: Kentucky’s Ark Defies Science but Evokes a Version of Christianity

Leaving Fundamentalism: The Terrifying Entry Conditions for Abusive Christian Reform Homes

New York Magazine: Top Evangelical Leader Suggests Trump Was Recently Born Again

Metro News: Because dinosaurs: Why Alberta must evolve beyond creationism

News Tidbits

Texas Observer: Dallas LGBT Advocates Eye Ban on ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy

WCYB: Church sign causes uproar in wake of Orlando shooting

Hanover Evening Sun: Pastor harassed over sign supporting Muslims

NPR: Southern Baptists Split With Donald Trump On Refugee Resettlement

Washington Post: Southern Baptist Convention votes to condemn Confederate battle flag

The Memphis Commercial Appeal: Bellevue Baptist pastor Steve Gaines new president of Southern Baptist Convention

Reuters: Pope calls most Catholic marriages invalid

Associated Press: Liberty University textbook omits content on sexual orientation

Syracuse Post-Standard: Judge nixes 'buffer zone' keeping anti-gay protester away from CNY Pride Fest

Sydney Morning Herald: Australia: Scots College asks church for advice on same-sex parents

Religion News Service: Former Mars Hill Church elder moves to dismiss lawsuit against him

Commentary Tidbits

Mashable: Orlando attack is a 'wake-up call' to stop dehumanizing LGBT people, advocates say

American Prospect: The Religious Right’s Crocodile Tears Over Orlando Shooting

Alternet: Orlando Massacre Comes After Lawmakers in U.S. Filed More Than 200 Anti-LGBT Bills

Wall of Separation: Exploiting Orlando: The Threat Of Rhetoric That Divides Instead Of Unites

The New Civil Rights Movement: 'Ex-Gay' Activist Denounces Use of LGBT Pride Flag to Mourn Orlando Victims

The Advocate: The Baptist Pastor Who Cheered Orlando Murders Isn't Alone

Think Progress: Public Schools Across The Country Are Violating The Separation Of Church And State

Commentary Tidbits

Unfundamentalist Parenting: Parenting Advice that Correlates with Abuse

Salt Lake Tribune: What I have learned as I transition from my faith

The Nation: As the Religious Right Forces the Gospel Into Public Schools, Some Parents Are Opting to Homeschool

Pacific Standard: Why Are So Many Christians Obsessed With Predicting the Rapture?

Out: How Religious Colleges Are Staying Anti-Trans on Your Dime

Ms. Magazine: So-Called Predators in the Bathroom ... Again

Slate: The Cultural Alienation of Anti-Trans Americans