How the Becket Fund became the leading advocate for corporations’ religious rights
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux is a freelance writer and a former writing fellow at the Prospect.
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Armed Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement: Charles E. Cobb and Danielle L. McGuire on Forgotten History
Cobb, author of This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible, and Danielle McGuire, a historian at Wayne State University, discuss the fundamental role of armed resistance in the civil rights movement.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Is ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ Author John Green His Generation’s Pop Philosopher?
The author and phenom, with a bajillion Internet viewers, has built an avid Internet following with pep talks on how to be good. What does it mean to live like one of Green’s “Nerdfighters”?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Daily Meme: Joe the Plumber on ‘Dead Kids’ and His Gun
Remember Joe the Plumber? During the 2008 presidential race, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, a plumber from Holland, Ohio, vaulted himself into campaign history after telling then-candidate Barack Obama that his proposed tax plan would prevent him from buying a small business. During the presidential campaign debate that followed, John McCain latched on to Wurzelbacher’s comments and […]
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Daily Meme: Who’s to Blame for the V.A. Crisis?
When a scandal erupts in Washington, it spawns a circular firing squad. The unfolding drama over new reports of false record-keeping and long waiting lists for treatment within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ medical system is proving to be no exception. The facts are bad: Not only is there evidence that veterans died while […]
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Daily Meme: Is Same-Sex Marriage Unstoppable?
Marriage is all over the headlines these days. First, an anniversary: Earlier this week, Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd celebrated ten years of legal marriage. In May 2004, after a years-long legal battle, they were the first and only people in line at City Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ready to to receive a marriage license. […]
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Daily Meme: So You Want to Be a Tea Partier?
Yesterday, the Tea Party had its first big win of the season. Ben Sasse, who rallied with Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin while vying for the Republican Senate nomination in Nebraska, carried away a comfortable victory against two other contenders. Ted Cruz took to Facebook to express his delight. “Ben Sasse’s decisive victory in Nebraska […]
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Daily Meme: You Probably Should Check Your Privilege
Sometimes, in the wilds of the internet, all it takes to get people’s blood boiling is a screed from one college freshman. Such is the saga of Tal Fortgang, a Princeton first-year who wrote an inflammatory essay in the campus conservative magazine about being told to “check his privilege.”If you’re not familiar with the phrase […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Moral Panic Over Drug-Dependent Babies
As with the hyped-up crack-baby crisis, fears about neonatal abstinence syndrome appear to be overblown. But that won’t stop states from punishing pregnant women.
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Daily Meme: The Gun That Didn’t Smoke
Sometimes reading the news can induce a distinct sensation of déjà vu. Why, for example, is Benghazi suddenly in the headlines–again? This particular trip down memory lane comes courtesy of a batch of freshly-released e-mails. The revelation? A White House aide gave advice to Susan Rice, then the U.N. ambassador, about how to present the […]