Articles/Commentaries
Outrage as Newt Gingrich says Capitol attack investigators could be jailed by Martin Pengelly The Guardian
US conservatives linked to rich donors wage campaign to ban books from schools by Adam Gabbatt The Guardian
Trump Holds Up a Chart on Fox News That Shows He’s Lying, Then Lies About What It Says by Robert Mackey The Intercept
Unalienable rights are still unassailable despite Pompeo by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
Rights group slams shooting of two Papuan 'refugees' by Konradus EpaKonradusEpa UCA News
Nothing can justify the attack on Portland by Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes The Atlantic
Faith leaders rebuke Trump's rollback of major environmental law by Brian Roewe Global Sisters Report
Boosting local climate resilience and economic opportunity in the COVID-19 era by Joseph W, Kane Brookings
The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies are America’s loss and the rest of the world’s gain by Britta Glennon Brookings
That Trump can still sway some Catholic voters is a real scandal by NCR Editorial Staff National Catholic Reporter
New ad uses Bible, ‘Amazing Grace,’ Jesus to call Republican Christians to vote against Trump by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service
The White House Says Trump Has a “Great” Record on LGBTQ+ Rights Hint: He doesn’t. by Kate Sosin them
Democrats and Republicans criticize Trump for commuting Roger Stone's prison sentence (Fox News) by The Daily Briefing
Evangelical, Catholic leaders say Trump has left persecuted Christians in danger by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service
John Bolton and Mary Trump Seem to Agree On One Thing: Donald Trump Is a Truly Awful Person by Molly John-Fast Vogue
Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. from WHO 'deeply regrettable,' CHA says by Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Trump’s Impeachment Revenge: Alexander Vindman Is Bullied Into Retiring.The Army lieutenant colonel’s patriotism cost him his career. by Robin Wright The New Yorker
Why White House Catholics are concerned about Trump’s Catholic tweets by Ed Condon CNA/Catholic World Report
Trump and López Obrador forge a new friendship but neglect asylum seekers by J.D. Long-García America
Biden threatens to restore Obamacare birth control mandate if elected president by Calvin Freiburger LifeSiteNews
‘The Most Ignorant and Unfit’: What Made America’s Worst Ever Leader? by David RothkopfNYR Daily
Trump’s Language of Hate by John Connelly Commonweal
Trump expected to refile paperwork soon in his effort to end DACA by Carol ZimmermannCatholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Is that Benedict Donald in the White House? by Kermit Zarley Patheos
From Trevelyan to Trump, how prejudice stemmed relief in Ireland and Puerto Rico. Donald Trump's high handed response to the suffering of Puerto Rico reminds us of English indifference to the Great Hunger by IrishCentral Staff IrishCentral
Donald Trump’s American Carnage by Dominic PreziosiCommonweal
Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis by Erix Tucker and Barbara OrtutayAssociated Press/7KLPC
John Bolton’s Book Claims Trump’s Foreign Policy Consists of Mostly Cheap Gifts and Supporting Concentration Camps by Luke Darny GQ
Trump pleaded with China's president to buy US agricultural products to help him win the 2020 election,John Bolton's new book says by Sonam Sheth Business Insider
Obama to the Rescue. The real candidate running under the ‘Joe Biden’ label is his former boss, which is why none of Biden’s public stands and votes matters by Lee Smith Tablet
Survey: Support for Trump dips among white Catholics amid pandemic and protests by Michael J. O’Loughlin America
Trump makes Nixon look good by Mark Silk Religion News Service
There Can Be No Compromise In the Trump vs. Twitter Beef, Having failed to curb the president's falsehoods, social platforms have reached a dispiriting impasse. by Noam Cohen Wired
Political polarization is distracting us from the real issues by Matt Malone, S.J. America
Widower Asks Jack Dorsey to Remove Trump’s False Tweets. Twitter Says No. by The New York Times
In Its Zeal to Blame China for Coronavirus, the Trump Administration Is Thwarting Investigations Into the Pandemic’s Origins by Mara Hvistendahl The Intercept
Trump Is Not Exempt by David Cole The New York Review of Books
Trump under pressure over claims he ignored CDC warnings about early lockdowns by Alex Woodward Independent
What Machiavelli can teach us about Trump and the decline of liberal democracy by Sean IllingVox
Sen. Josh Hawley Is Cast as a GOP Leader After Trump. But Like Trump, He’s a Faux-Populist. by Mehdi Hasan The Intercept
Trump Mocks Man’s Mask at White House as Pence Refuses to Wear One at Mayo Clinic by Robert Mackey The Intercept
Trump's daily briefings warned about COVID-19 at least a dozen times before the US outbreak, but he 'failed to register' the threat by Sonam Sheth Business Insider
Top vaccine expert says he was fired for resisting Trump on hydroxychloroquin by David Smith The Guardian
Catholic immigration advocates attack Trump tweet on halting immigration by Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service/ National Catholic Reporter
Trump vows to ‘suspend immigration’ to US because of virus by Jill Colvin and Been FoxAssociated Press
Is Donald Trump Criminally Responsible for Coronavirus? by Glenn Kirschnee and Mehdi Hasan The Intercept
Trump’s Crazy Coronavirus Math Will Kill as Many as 1.8 Million Americans by Jay Michaelson The Daily Beast/Flipboard
Churches urge Trump to reverse suspension of WHO funding by Independent Catholic News
Trump PR Stunt Falls Flat, as White House Video Exposes His Failure to Prepare for Pandemic by Robert Mackey The Intercept
Trump announces 'halt' in US funding to World Health Organization amid coronavirus pandemic by John Fritze and Courtney Subramanian USA TODAY
Why some keep believing when Trumpian prophecy fails by Mark SilkReligion News Service
Catholics and Trump, a reckoning by NCR Editorial Staff National Catholic Reporter
After Feds Grab Colorado Order Of 500 Ventilators, Trump Tweets State Will Get 100 From Stockpile by Caitlyn Kim CPR News
Democrats support Pope Francis more than Republicans by Christopher White Crux
Is Trump killing his supporters? by Thomas Reese Religion News Service
Dan Lipinski, One of the Last Pro-Life Democrats, Discusses Abortion and His Party by Lauretta Brown Antiphonal Catholic Register
Dan Lipinski, myth-buster by George Weigel Catholic World Report
Trump talks blarney while Biden builds Irish coalition by Shane O'Brien IrishCentral
As U.S. Blames China for Coronavirus Pandemic, the Rest of the World Asks China for Help by Joe Penney The Intercept
Lawmakers Plan to Reintroduce ‘Backdoor Discrimination’ Bill by Saundra Sorenson The Skanner
Influential Evangelical Calls Out Trump’s ‘Sloppy & Dangerous’ Coronavirus Lies by Ed Mazza HuffPost
Milwaukee archbishop says ‘Catholics for Trump’ rally not affiliated with Church by Christopher White Crux
Crisis of Conscience. The Lines People Won’t Cross for Trump by Paul Moses Commonweal
Three Forms of Gerrymanderin by Jorge I. Dominguez-Lopez The Tablet
Amid street killings, Trump praises Modi for 'religious freedom' by Nirendra Dev,UCANews.com
Trump's India visit disappoints Christian leaders by UCANews Reporter UCANews.com
Tyranny, Trump, and Anti-Trump. New books attempt to answer: Is the American president a tyrant? And if so, what kind? by Nicholas Clairmont Tablet
Why I signed the letter asking Barr to resign by Hank Shea National Caholic Reporter
Evangelical pastor has a simple mission: Get Trump out by Isaiah Murtaugh Religion News Service
Courage in the Age of Trump by D. G. Hart Patheos
Trump is Now a Dictator, Courtesy of the Republican-Controlled Senate by Rebecca Hamilton Patheos
Catholic health professionals criticize Trump’s 2021 proposed budget cuts to Medicaid by Ryan Di Corpo America
The evolution of Trump's Muslim ban by Stef W. Kight Axios
Texas Refugee Ban: Jesuits Speak Out by ISN Staff Ignatian Spirituality Network
The New Normal: Traitors are Protected. Heroes are Punished. by Rebecca Hamilton Patheos
Dialogue: Is Trump Really Pro-Life? by Dave Armstrong Patheos
The Most Important Moment of Mitt Romney’s Speech Was When He Said Nothing At All by Melissa Boria Patheos
Amid Trump's shameful address and breakfast remarks, Romney restores some faith by Michal Sean Winters National Catholic Register’
Congress has a duty to protect immigrants by The Editors America
Mercy Sister on SOTU: Trump tearing families apart worse than Pelosi tearing speech apart by Nick Mayrand Crux
Impeachment failed, but the separation of powers is still worth fighting for by The Editors America
Romney cites faith as inspiring his vote to convict Trump by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service
Trump is Now a Dictator, Courtesy of the Republican-Controlled Senate by Rebecca Hamilton Patheos
U.S. Bishops and Catholic hospitals denounce Trump’s plan for Medicaid by Michael J. O’Loughlin America
American Gangsters by Dominic Preziosi Commonweal
Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy expanded to now include Brazilians by Catholic News Service/Angelus
The polarization of America, part N: sex and politics and the GSS by Jane the Actuary Patheos
Whatever He Wants by Fintan O’Toole The New York Review of Books
One year later, how has Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy affected asylum seekers? by J.D. Long-Garcí America
Faith groups join call to oppose Trump 'peace plan by Independent Catholic News
Paula White’s sermon comment about ‘satanic pregnancies’ goes viral by Bob Smietana Religion News Service
Trump seals his Catholic deal. The selling of the church's moral authority is complete by Tom Robert National Catholic Reporter
Kelly And Pompeo: How A Journalist Masterfully Combated Gaslighting by Stephanie Sarkis Forbes
Cardinal Cupich warns against the Church entering partisan politics by Christopher White Crux
Trump Marches, Catholics Sell Out by Stephen G. Asubato Patheos
Taiwan president tells pope of China's religious persecution by UCA News reporter UCANews.com
JFK's grandson slams Mike Pence's op-ed on Donald Trump's impeachment by Shane O'Brien Irish Central
Those Who Shamed Us For Immorality Are Now Its Biggest Defenders: The Gaslighting Cycle of the Christian Trump Supporter by Rebecca Bratten Weiss Patheos
Donald Trump and the New Crusades by Shane Phillips Patheos
Pro-Trump group targets Catholic voters using cellphone technology.' Geofencing' captures cellphone data of Mass-goers by Heidi Schlumpf National Catholic Reporter
There’s little evidence to support Pence’s tweets tying Qassem Soleimani to 9/11 by Isaac Saul Vox
In Trump Country, a season of need on family farms by Annie Gowen The WashingtonPost
Why Trump Vilifies Whistle-blowers and Venerates War Criminals by Eric Levitz Intelligencer
An open letter from friends of Christianity Today affirming Mark Galli’s editorial by Religion News Service
Guatemalan cardinal in Mississippi brings hope to immigrants after massive raid by Christopher White Crux
Talking with an atheist friend about justice by Mark Shea Patheos
Impeachment: Catholic Experts Weigh In by Lauretta Brown National Catholic Register
Network lobby announces support for impeachment by Heidi Schlumpf Global Sisters Report
The Editors on the Question of Impeachment by The Editors America
Has Franklin Graham Gone Off the Rails? by Roger E. Olson Patheos
The New ‘Three Amigos’ Riding into Trump Impeachment Inquiry by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press/The Skanner
Trump’s attacks on public servants undermine the Constitution—and his own office. by The Editors America
How the Federalist Society Stole the Federal Judiciary, Conquered Washington DC, and Imperiled the Nation by Peter Hammond Schwartz Patheos
50 years since White House conference on food, hunger issues remain by Carol Zimmermann Crux
Impeachment, the Democrats and Putin's poodle by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
Donald Trump Hate And Violence Map by America's Voice
New asylum pact ignores migrants' plight, U.S. Catholic leaders say. With the asylum cooperation agreements, the U.S. plans to slam the door on refugees by La Croix International staff (with Catholic News Service) La Croix International
How many Americans believe Trump is anointed by God? by Ryan Burge Religion News Service
The Judeo-Christian tradition versus Donald Trump by Mark Silk Religion News Service
A white nationalist in the White House is not just a partisan problem by Fred Clark Patheos
US rabbis from three Jewish movements call for Stephen Miller’s firing by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
The call to holiness in an election year by Cardinal Blase Cupich Chicago Catholic
Speaking Truth to the Powerful. A small-town sheriff took on his president and his governor and learned that facts can get in the way of a good political narrative. by Robert Moore Texas Monthly
Wheels within Wheels.‘Conspiracy of Conspiracies by Chris Hammer Commonweal
Edinburgh: Peace campaigners to launch Nae Cash for Nukes report by Independent Catholic News
Trump tells Kim Jong Un that Joe Biden is 'somewhat better' than a 'rabid dog' by William Cummings USA TODAY
Bishops set to meet to discuss new leadership, U.S. politics and sex abuse crisis by Michael J. O’Loughlin America
Trump’s ‘conscience rule’ for health providers blocked by federal judge by Yasmeen Abutaleb The New York Times
Polarized & Fragmented/Divisive Politics in Europe and the US by E. J. Dionne Jr. Commonweal
The Cult of Trump? What “Cult Rhetoric” Actually Reveals by Benjamin E. Zeller Religion& Politics
The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor. Do We? by Franciscan Action Network
Trump is stonewalling Congress. The House should respond with a formal impeachment inquiry vote. by The Editors America
El Paso bishop: Trump’s border wall merges ‘nationalistic vanities’ with racism by Christopher White Crux
At LGBTQ forum, Democratic candidates talk God — a lot by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service
The Legacy of Trump is a Genocide by Mary Pezzulo Patheos
Religion in the age of Trump by Ali A Olomi America
Gone: Pastor says half of his parishioners were seized in ICE raid by Deacon Greg Kandra Patheos
Donald Trump’s Iran Policy Rides Two Horses at Once. If the ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran seems incompatible with Trump’s isolationist instincts and antiwar rhetoric, that’s because it is by Lee Smith Tablet
Trump’s Divisive Politics Are Nothing New by Paul Moses Commonweal
The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers by Micah Lee The Intercept
Kamala Harris Receives Donations From Big Pharma Executives Despite Claim She Rejects Them by Lee Fang The Intercept
Presidential censures and commonsense by Russell E. Saltzman Catholic World Report
Trump should lift sanctions on Iran, for both moral and diplomatic reasons. by The Editors America
Pope Francis or Steve Bannon? Catholics must choose American alt-right leader enlists Catholic allies to turn people against the pope by Robert Mickens La Croix International
Never Again In The Age Of Trump by Henry Karlson Patheos
The Trump White House has a record of violating the Hatch Act by Ursula Perano Axios
President Trump an embarrassment throughout UK, D-Day trip by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
The Draft Dodger Should Shut Up about John McCain by Kermit Zarley Patheos
Judge not, unless it's Lindsey Graham by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
AP Interview: Nessel blasts GOP-proposed cuts to her budget by Associated Press/WWMT’
Mueller's statement and the injustice that won't go away by David DeCosse National Catholic Reporter
Buttigieg won't win the nomination, and that's a good thing by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
Pope Francis Says He Is Willing To Condemn Border Wall Directly To Trump by Sanjana Karanth , Huffington Post
Democrats charge GOP with refusing to acknowledge far-right anti-Semitism by Ron Kampeas The Times of Israel
Not Tragic, Just Sad. ‘The Case for Trump’ by Charles McNamara Commonweal
Republican Josh Hawley accuses Trump judicial appointment of anti-Catholic bias by Michael J. O’Loughlin America
The press vs the Presidency: old war, new battles by Sean P. Daily Patheos
Trump's emerging Catholic problem by Madd tolk Religion News Service
Trump’s emerging Catholic problem by Mark Silk Religion News Service
Poll: American Jews feel threatened, blame Trump by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
Why a $45 Trump prayer coin is no joke by Religion News Service
Dozens of Students Protest Mike Pence’s Commencement Speech at Taylor University by Hemant Nehta Patheos
New Trump administration policy is eugenics for immigrants by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
Unfollow the Leader.How Trump’s Tweets Obstruct Justice by Paul Moses Commonweal
Catholic leaders: Trump’s merit-based immigration plan is ‘anti-family’ and ‘disturbing’ by J.D. Long-García America
It’s time for Catholics (and all religious people) to wake up: The real danger posed by the California Confession Bill by Bishop Robert Barron The Catholic World Report
James Corden takes on troll who wished cancer on his kid by Lisa Respers France CNN
The politics of baseball, from Fenway Park to the South Lawn by Carmen Nanki-Fernandez National Catholic Reporter
Shame on Pennsylvania GOP as New Jersey, New York Dems deliver justice for abuse victims by Philadelphia Inquirer
Thomas Merton's counsel for Donald Trump (and the rest of us) by Daniel P. Horan National Catholic Reporter
The issue of truth looms large in American politics by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
Mission Creep by Mark Shea Patheos
Cory’s Plan to End the Gun Violence Epidemic by Cory Booker Medium
Catholic charity urges Trump not to cut aid to East Africa by Crux Staff Crux
Trump discusses ‘Russian Hoax’ in long call with Putin by Jill Colvin and Deb Riechmann Associated Press
A Specialist in Smokescreens. William Barr Has Shamelessly Corrupted the Mueller Report by E. J. Dionne Jr. Commonweal
2020 Candidate Joe Biden Identifies as Catholic, But Breaks With Church Teaching by Lauretta Brown National Catholic Register
It’s Time For a Woman President, And It’s Not About Identity Politics by Erin Wathen Patheos
Biden Faces “Uphill Climb” In Pursuit Of The Catholic Vote by Currents News Staff Currents
Taking On Our Greatest Threat -Climate Change by Beto O'Routke Beto for America
David Bentley Hart on Socialism: “Sane and Compassionate Governance by Rebecca Bratten Weiss Patheos
The Mueller Report’s most pressing question: Who will hold Trump accountable? by The Editors America
Catholic voters and the 2020 presidential election by Russell Shaw Catholic World Report
Trump deserves impeachment, but failure would harm Constitution by Michael Sean Winter National Catholic Reporter
The Mueller Report’s ‘Smoking Gun’ on Obstruction of Justice by Murray Waas NYR Daily
Pete Buttigieg and The Politics of American Greatness by Kristin Du Mez Patheos
The Roots of Trumpian Agitprop by Todd Gitlin NYR Daily
1 big thing: Top Mueller takeaways by Mike Allen Axios
Bannon helps spread cancer of populist nationalism by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
Steve Bannon and U.S. ultra-conservatives take aim at Pope Francis by Richard Engel NBC News
Pete Buttigieg and The Politics of American Greatness by Kristin Du Mez Patheos
Build the Wall!” A Flight from Understanding by Robert Dueweke, OSA Lonergan Institute
Trump attorney general's ruling expands indefinite detention for asylum seekers by Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke Reuters
Steve Bannon ‘told Italy’s populist leader: Pope Francis is the enemy ’ by Mark Townsend The Guardian
Steve Bannon and U.S. ultra-conservatives take aim at Pope Francis by Richard Engel NBC News
Nielsen's policies were both inhumane and ineffective, advocates say by Maria Benevento National Catholic Reporter