Monthly Archives: July 2008

It's not exactly new news—but the New York Times has an eye-popping update on abusive labor practices at a Postville, Iowa meatpacking plant. In case you missed it—in May, federal immigration officials raided the nation's largest kosher plant, Agriprocessors, Inc. … Continue reading →

The most interesting finding in a new survey of media coverage of religion in the primary campaign didn't have anything to do with Muslims, Mormons or mainline Protestants. Rather it was the predominance of “horse-race” coverage. When researchers at the … Continue reading →

The fiction of values voters dies hard. How else to explain so many stories seeking to handicap the evangelical and Catholic vote? Will they, won't they, do they, don't they—it's hard to parse how, which and when “religious” factors motivate … Continue reading →

Not long ago, David Crumm, a former colleague on the religion beat, began Read the Spirit, an online hub for developing “spiritual connections between people of faith.” Now he's added an especially timely feature to his eclectic mix of reflections, … Continue reading →