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Trump Looted My Faith
Deploying the National Guard to beat, tear gas, and shoot rubber bullets at journalists, clergy, and peaceful protesters, Trump marched triumphantly to St. John’s Episcopal’s Church across Lafayette Square from the White House and then hoisted a Bible up in the air as though planting a flag. It was a cynical photo op for an unrepentant man.
The Eagle and The Cross: Religion and the American Republic
Interpreting the Constitution to mean that we must excise religion from the body politic like a tumor is simply wishful thinking.
Community First: A Conversation with Candace Valenzuela
Running for Congress is not something for the faint of heart, I always thought that I’d never have the ego to run for Congress. But then I realized, while I don’t have that kind of self-interest, I do have the urgency of the families in my district, and that’s why I’m doing this.
Funding Small Businesses: The Payment Protection Plan Initially Missteps
At a time when the most vulnerable communities are being hardest hit, government intervention presents an opportunity for much-needed support, although initial execution has faltered.
American Cornerstone: An Executive Order Ignites Protest over Architectural Erasure
The decision of what architecture represents America is subject to the whim of those in power, who often make this choice to serve their own agendas.
Show of Support: Artists Rally Mutual Aid in the Wake of COVID-19
The pandemic has shocked an already-broken system of artist compensation, and artists have been left to pick up the pieces themselves.
Politicizing the Past: Can History be Taught Objectively?
Historians’ attempts to discover “truth” are situated in their own political moments, just as the histories they study are situated in theirs.
The Portuguese Speaker in the Basement
Natives of a language have the advantage of being immersed fully in a language. Duolingo, on the other hand, asks that students go back and forth between English and the foreign language like a game of tennis.