Biden takes on Trump over Russia, democracy in fiery State of the Union address
Updated: 3pm (AEDT) Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden assailed former President Donald Trump for kowtowing to Russia, failing to care about COVID-19 and papering over the 6th January Capitol assault on Thursday in a State of the Union speech making his case for re-election in 2024. Biden, speaking before a joint session of […]
Trump wins Colorado ballot disqualification case at US Supreme Court
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot. The justices unanimously overturned a 19th December decision by Colorado’s top court to kick the former […]
Updated: Trump pleads not guilty of plotting to overturn election loss
Updated: 8:30am (AEST)Washington DC, US Reuters Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what US prosecutors call an unprecedented effort by the then-President to undermine the pillars of American democracy. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who has overseen the federal investigation, […]
Sight-Seeing: For too many Christians, the lines between dominionism, nationalism and fascism are blurred
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says an old social experiment sheds light on how easy it is to manipulate people’s moral compasses…
Essay: When religion gets political
TIM COSTELLO, a senior fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity in Sydney, says seeking political power to impose and enforce a religious vision is a growing problem around the world…
Survey finds a third of Americans are Christian nationalists and most are white evangelicals
United StatesRNS A new survey finds that fewer than a third of Americans, or 29 per cent, qualify as Christian nationalists, and of those, two-thirds define themselves as white evangelicals. The survey of 6,212 Americans by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institution is the largest yet to gauge the size and scope of Christian […]
Despite ample evidence, Christian nationalism mostly absent from final 6th January report
Washington DC, USRNS Asked by lawmakers earlier this year to describe those who attacked the US Capitol on 6th January, 2021, District of Columbia police officer Daniel Hodges told the US House of Representatives select committee tasked with investigating the insurrection that “it was clear the terrorists perceived themselves to be Christians”. Two members of that same […]
Essay: Even if January 6 referrals turn into criminal charges – or convictions – Trump will still be able to run in 2024 and serve as president if elected
Following news of the January 6 committee’s criminal referral of Donald Trump to the US Department of Justice STEFANIE LINDQUIST, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science at Arizona State University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what it all means…
Brazil at risk of unrest more severe than 6th January US riots, warns elections chief
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Brazil is at risk of facing a more serious incident than the 6th January, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, said the head of the country’s Electoral Court, Edson Fachin, on Wednesday ahead of the presidential election in October. His remarks follow the latest polls that show Brazil’s far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro, […]
In the US, scholars, activists brief lawmakers on role of Christian nationalism at insurrection
Washington DC, US RNS Members of the Congressional Freethought Caucus met with a group of scholars and activists last week to review a new report detailing the role Christian nationalism played in the insurrection that took place at the US Capitol on 6th January, 2021. The meeting last Thursday evening was a rare instance of […]