Friday, April 18, 2025

Tag: religion

Special report: In the streets with the New Poor People’s Campaign...

Demonstrators descended on Washington Monday in the latest protest staged by the new Poor People’s Campaign, which organizers say is the most expansive wave...

Killing Gaza

Terrified Palestinian families huddled inside their homes as Israel dropped more than 100 one-ton bombs and fired thousands of high-explosive artillery shells into Shuja’iyya.

Life without limits: The delusions of technological fundamentalism

Playing god got us into this trouble and more of the same won't get us out.

Once again, the right hijacks that old-time religion

A new museum in Washington reminds us that the Good Book is subject to interpretation – and abuse.

Intro to Islam, Salafism and jihadism

Can we turn the clock back and make the Muslim world great again?

Merry Christmas: Right-wingers, the Red Pope and Jesus

Rationality doesn't seem to be included in the liturgy of right-wingers' political church.

Trump picks Ben Carson for dept of education

should Trump really take the steps to add ben Carson to his cabinet?

Tehran, USA

Fighting fundamentalism in the U.S.

Donald Trump and the Extreme Vetting of Muslims

Trump hopes for a bounce in the polls via this ugly religious bigotry. Here's to hoping that Americans are better than that.

The Psychology of Ideology and Religion

“Unfortunately, however, often enough the shared ideology or religion has a dysfunctional basis and the outcome is detrimental both individually and socially with the (violent) consequences sometimes reverberating throughout a national or even global society. This is why it is useful to understand the psychology of ideology and religion.”

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Trump fast-tracks Great Lakes oil tunnel, triggering outcry over water and climate risks

Environmental groups and tribal nations warn the Line 5 tunnel project could endanger drinking water for 40 million people after Trump administration classifies it as an emergency.

How 77 tons of radioactive waste ended up in Brooklyn

A lawsuit charges National Grid, a major gas utility, with mismanaging a toxic industrial site near two densely-populated residential neighborhoods.

Federal judge halts Trump administration freeze on billions in climate and infrastructure funds

Court rules that blocking congressionally approved aid for clean energy, public health, and environmental protection violated federal law and harmed communities nationwide.

‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations

From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.

Israel declares permanent military zones in Gaza, vows to block humanitarian aid despite mass...

Defense minister confirms indefinite occupation of seized territory and continuation of full blockade as humanitarian agencies warn of catastrophic collapse and forced displacement.