Thrilled to announce I will be working on my first book, with the great – The Fall of Roe – a deeply reported examination of the strategic fight to end abortion over the last decade.
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National Correspondent covering faith & politics, so you *can* discuss both at family dinners. email me: elizabeth.dias@nytimes.com
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On A1 this morning: A bombshell investigation finds Southern Baptist leaders suppressed reports of sexual abuse, resisted proposals for reform, and denigrated and intimidated survivors. With and :
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Last summer, pastor Kevin Thompson told me a story I couldn't get out of my head: He had mentioned Tom Hanks offhand in a sermon, and several congregants questioned him about it, influenced by Q-related conspiracies. 1/X
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The anti-abortion movement has been preparing for this moment for decades. Overturning Roe is not the end. It is a new beginning. "If a dog catches a car, it doesn’t know what to do. We do."
A look at where activists are going next, with .
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So grateful for the opportunity, and support from & .
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Here is what we found. Believers are importing their worship of God, with all its intensity, emotion and ambitions, to their political life. Right-wing political activity itself is becoming a holy act, and it is key to movement-building. 4/4
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I told my colleague & we started looking into how Christian worship, and worshippers, are becoming parts of even secular right-wing events. Hits by Hillsong, Bethel, Kari Jobe are bound w/ opposition to vaccine mandates & promotion of election conspiracy theories. 3/4
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If you've spent time in evangelical circles, you know the power of "Way Maker," and similar praise music. If you haven't, know that for millions it feels sacred. Now it was worship for a new kind of congregation: a right-wing political movement powered by divine purpose. 2/4
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Earlier this year I was reporting at a right-wing vigil commemorating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, when the participants began to sing a familiar song: "Way Maker, miracle worker, promise keeper, light in the darkness..." 1/4
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These women are bearing witness.
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Four stories of escape by Ukrainian women in their own words. They will help you understand what it feels like to be in this war right now. nyti.ms/3toKsLh
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To many Jan. 6 marchers who did not breach the Capitol, the next chapter of that day is an amorphous movement fueled by grievances against vaccines & Biden, and a deepened devotion to his predecessor’s lies abt a stolen election.
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