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Sins of the Parents: The Crumbley Trials

This docmenary debuted on the Hulu streaming network in the last week. In November 2021, 15-year-old James Crumbley entered Oxford High School in Michigan carrying a 9 mm handgun and murdered four of his classmates, injuring another seven people. On...

What Will Become of Global Democracy in 2024

This video brief is available exclusively to our Patreon supporters at the End of History.   In my new book, Politically Incorrect: Real Faith in an Era of Unreal Politics, I mention how a false god represents anything we place our...

History of the Christian Right – Part 6: End of the Christian Right

This final episode in our series looks at how the religious and Christian right lost its influence in America. Picking up with the culture wars in the 1990s and continuing through to today, we look at how the years...

History of the Christian Right – Part 5: The Culture War of the 1990s

The 1980s saw great prominence for the rise of the religious right. The beliefs and politics of this group transitioned from a subculture to the mainstream and set the stage for the Culture Wars of the 1990s.

History of the Christian Right – Part 4: A Born Again President and the Moral Majority

After the tumult of the 60s and Watergate, Americans were burnt out by the mid 1970s. Jimmy Carter entered the scene as America’s first born again president. He wouldn’t be good enough for the standards of the religious right...

History of the Christian Right – Part 3: Christian America Undone the Turbulent 60s and 70s

The idea of a Christian America began falling apart in the 1960s. For the religious right the 1960s and 70 answer the question, when did America stop being a Christian nation. The social turbulence of this time period actually worked to solidify...

History of the Christian Right – Part 2: The Christian Nation, America in the 50s

There is a reason why American conservatives and Christian conservatives look back to the 1950s as the golden age of America. The 1950s were the closest thing America has ever been to being a Christian nation by the standards...

History of the Christian Right – Part 1: Before We Were Republicans

The origin of Christian involvement in American politics has a longer history than most people realize but it probably does not begin where you would imagine. Episode 1 of this series on the history of the religious right in...

A New Report on Economic Inequality

A new report from Inequality.org has offered further insight into the growing gap between the world’s wealthy and the rest of us. Between 2019 and 22, American families saw their incomes grow by about 3%, while the highest-income households...

Hurricane Otis

As the tumult across the earth intensifies, the world at large finds itself conflicted in a battle for attention. Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, Lewiston, Maine; our eye is not drawn toward the greatest crisis but to the most recent outrage....

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The Crisis of Christian Conscience as Gaza Descends Into Genocide

On July 17, Israeli strikes on a church in Gaza killed three and injured several others. This attack is...