Christian nationalism has effectively spread so much disinformation that three in five white evangelicals say Biden was not legitimately elected, according to the American Enterprise Institute. Morning Edition, NPR News Read more »
Is Religious Liberty a Shield or a Sword?
Despite frequent disagreement on how to implement freedom of religion, the vast majority of Americans understand the basic religious protection offered by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Nearly nine in ten Americans (88%) agree that the U.S. government cannot establish an official religion or favor one religion over […] Read more »
Some Capitol rioters believed they answered God’s call, not just Trump’s
… In Trump’s final days in the White House, it was often difficult to tell where puffery ended and the putsch began, but the religious framing of the effort to keep him in office was always clear. The question of who would occupy the White House after Jan. 20 had […] Read more »
Politics & Polls: How the Religious Right May Have Provoked the Insurrection
At the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, religious messaging echoed through the streets as Christian-right activists protested the 2020 presidential election. What role did the religious right play in the uprising at the Capitol? And will they continue to be emboldened despite President Donald Trump’s departure? Katherine Stewart […] Read more »
The Average American Weighs in on Immigration
This is one in a series of articles looking at the issues being tackled by the new Biden administration, from the perspective of the average American. Our focus here is immigration, one of the central themes of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016 and the focus of high-profile policy actions […] Read more »
Public Sees Black People, Women, Gays and Lesbians Gaining Influence in Biden Era
As Joe Biden navigates the first few weeks of his presidency, Americans have distinctly different views of which groups will gain influence – and which ones will lose influence – in Washington during his administration. … The Pew Research Center survey, conducted on the Center’s nationally representative American Trends Panel […] Read more »