challenging religious privilege in public life

Joe Carvalko

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The Weather Has Stopped Waiting

I’m not a climate scientist, but it doesn’t take a PhD to realize that the world’s weather is dramatically changing.

A Conversation with Jefferson

I live in rural America. It’s idyllic. Every day I watch the wildlife coexist in quiet of the Santa Fe National Forest.

The Plague of Fascism

I was alive during the last stages of the fascist plagues wrought by the likes of Hitler and Mussolini. We now stand at the precipice…

The Kill Chain We Chose: A Requiem for the Innocents Lost

President Trump has started a war, the first unmistakable sign that recklessness would not be an accident but a governing principle.

A Lament for the Innocents Lost in Our Shadow

There comes a moment when the burden of knowing and not acting settles on a people like a shadow that will not lift.

This President’s Day, Cruelty Is the Legacy Trump Leaves Behind

Ofelia Torres, a 16‑year‑old with stage 4 cancer who begged for her ICE‑detained father to come home, has died.

The Thread and the Turning: How American Evangelicalism Reached Its Breaking Point

The central contradiction is stark: a movement that claims to follow a gospel of mercy has aligned itself with cruelty, exclusion, and political idolatry.

2026, Minneapolis – Witness to Days of Death and Despair

Thousands of strangers gather in the streets, protesting the betrayal of a man who once swore an oath to defend democracy.

When the State Becomes the Occupied: A Warning from American History

Consider whether America has before been through anything like the terror that ICE is leveling across this nation at this moment.

When the State Becomes the Mob: The Killing of Alex Pretti

What I witnessed yesterday was the unprovoked killing of Alex Pretti: a veteran, a bystander, a witness to human rights violations.

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