Religion
Faith, politics, policy
For Some Students, Alone For The Holidays
Winter break can be an opportunity to catch up on sleep and visit with family. It can also alienate—or embrace—minority students.
Posted Saturday, December 24, 2011 by Jon Christian
Openly Gay Clergy Navigate Denominational Politics
Three ministers tell Campus Progress about coming out, finding their own path, and keeping the faith.
Posted Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Shay O'Reilly
Bishop Robinson: ‘We’ve Got Every Religious Reason to Argue for Redress’
The Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson talks Occupy Wall Street, inequality, and faith with the Center for American Progress.
Posted Monday, December 5, 2011 by Shay O'Reilly
Combating Islamophobia in Florida: An Interview With Muhammed Malik
CAP interviews a young Muslim American involved in the We Are Florida immigration campaign.
Posted Thursday, June 16, 2011 in Reprints by Eleni Towns
CP Progressive Partner Meets President Obama at Cleveland Youth Engagement Roundtable
Power Network Ohio Executive Director Gigi Traore—a Campus Progress Progressive Partner—met President Obama when he made a surprise drop-by at a roundtable conversation with young Americans at Cleveland State University two weeks ago.
Posted Tuesday, March 1, 2011 in Staff Blaahg by Tobin Van Ostern
Pope Benedict’s Totally Comprehensive Course on Exorcism
Crisis Averted: The Advance of Shariah Law in Oklahoma Blocked by Constitutional Amendment
Oklahoma has passed a constitutional amendment that would block shariah law in its state, but Muslims only make up .08 percent of Oklahoma’s population.
Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Conservative Liberty U Gets a Rap Anthem
A former senior at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University wrote a rap to give the conservative Christian school more street cred.
Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010 in Video / Multimedia by Matt Comer
Juan Williams Gets Fired from NPR for Stoking Religious Tensions
The controversy over erstwhile NPR correspondent reveals that the common theme of stoking fears over Muslims in America results in financial rewards.
Posted Friday, October 22, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Texas Uses Its Purchasing Power to Downgrade Islam in Textbooks
The Texas Board of Education is considering a resolution that would ban textbooks that portray Islam “too favorably” from its classrooms.
Posted Monday, September 27, 2010 by Braden Goyette
Are Anti-Gay Religious Groups Wading Into Dangerous Political Territory?
New investigative pieces reveal that religiously affiliated groups are funding anti-marriage equality initiatives and even possibly using federal funds to do so.
Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 by Matt Comer
How Muslim Americans Are Making Their Place in America
While the media pundits and political opportunists argue about the status of Muslims in the United States, conversations among American Muslims regarding their unique position have proliferated.
Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Laura Schlessinger may have been shamed into giving up her radio show after using the ‘n-word’ on the air recently, but anyone who looks at her past shouldn’t be the least bit surprised by her bigotry.
Posted Thursday, September 9, 2010 in Know Your Right Wingers by Byard Duncan
Anti-Muslim Sentiment Becomes Uncomfortably Popular
There’s increasing outrage over the very existence of Islam — from the so-called “mosque” two blocks from the Ground Zero site to “Burn a Quran Day.”
Posted Thursday, September 9, 2010 by Byard Duncan
Quran Burning: Endangering Americans at Home and Abroad
Pastor Terry Jones, of the incongruously named Dove World Outreach Center, has organized a Quran burning at the group’s Gainesville, Fla., church. The White House, NATO, the U.S. embassy in Kabul, and General David Petraeus have all either expressed concern about this event or condemned it outright.
Posted Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Young People Support Construction of ‘Ground Zero Mosque’
Although 63 percent of those aged 65 and over oppose the construction of the Cordoba House, roughly the same number of young people support the center’s construction, according to the Pew Research Center.
Posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010 by Kay Steiger
