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Megachurches Have a New Focus: Local Politics
Conservative Christians alarmed by what they describe as anti-religious trends in schools and communities are becoming increasingly assertive in their efforts to gain local political power. My latest in Capital and Main. Continue reading
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Oregon Has Second Thoughts About Drug Decriminalization
Three years ago, Oregon voters decriminalized personal possession of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines. I reported for The Atlantic about what happened next. Continue reading
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The Drugs/Crime/Homelessness Connection, Revisited
Does drug use contribute to crime and/or homelessness? It’s complicated. I report on both issues for Bloomberg and Zocalo. And I was interviewed on the California Sun podcast. Continue reading
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The Wildfire Dilemma
Much of what you know about wildfires is wrong, according to forest scientists. I explain why — and why it matters — in Bloomberg. Continue reading
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Pandemic Radicals, Or Not
Some gleanings from a year of editing and writing stories about the pandemic. First, how the pandemic radicalized evangelicals, in the Los Angeles Review of Books. A more encouraging and counterintuitive take in Zocalo: Churches that chose a more moderate approach ended up thriving. Finally, in Bloomberg Opinion, a search for common ground at a Continue reading
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Common Ground
Guideposts’ new series, Our Common Ground, is about people working to bridge racial, economic, cultural and political divides. Stories published so far: A multiracial church in the Deep South has hard conversations about Black Lives Matter (February issue). Two sorority sisters in New Jersey, one Christian, one Muslim, find an unexpected bond in faith. Stories Continue reading
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