It was only this past session that the US Supreme Court legalized marriage equality for all, and as the year comes to a close we will explore the progress we’ve made this year in LGBT rights. To [...]
A few weeks ago, saying “Donald Trump for President” was kinda funny. Now, it is time for a wake up call. Greg Lebel, assistant professor of Political Management at George Washington University, [...]
There are also those Cronkite Award winners who are remembered, no less for their activism and impact in defending our Constitiution, but because they grew to be dear friends of Welton’s and [...]
While for us Walter Cronkite is remembered as a champion of religious freedom, most Americans know him as the “most trusted man in America” and a paragon of television news. And, of course, a [...]
Many of our Cronkite Award winners – including Rachel Maddow, Sally Quinn, and John Meacham – have been journalists who seek to further Walter Cronkite’s profound legacy. Don’t miss this chance [...]
One of the most important aspects of the U.S.’s promise of religious freedom is the ability for faiths to grow, change, and work together freely. It is one of the reasons that a diversity of [...]
As many American leaders plumb new depths of intolerance and fear-mongering, Welton reflects on the toll such rhetoric can all too easily take on us as a people, and as a nation. As a keen [...]
In continuing the discussion of the Paris attacks, Samuel Grzybowski joins us from France, where he’s the founder of Coexister, the leading interfaith organization in the country. The motto of [...]
In the wake of the Paris attacks, Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer wrote Why ISIS War Would Make Paris Attacks a Success for Religion Dispatches. In his compelling article, Dr. Juergensmeyer goes beyond [...]
This week the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) released the findings of the 2015 American Values Survey. With the startling title “Anxiety, Nostalgia and Mistrust,” the report paints a [...]