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In the last two years, the number of religious activists who are being held as political prisoners has sharply increased — part of a broader escalation of a campaign of repression that has also led to the arrests of journalists and other opposition figures.

Thanks to an automatic function on X, formerly Twitter, the team’s fleur-de-lis emoji is automatically added to the hashtag #Saints.

Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a recent raid saw 23 members of the faith group imprisoned for practicing their faith.

Exit poll data from CNN and other news outlets reported that 72% of White Protestants and 61% of White Catholics said they voted for Trump.

‘Together, we will transform our grief into a force for change that will build a more just, equitable society that respects the dignity of all people,’ Omar Angel Perez, Faith in Action’s immigrant justice director, said.

Church members are seeking ways to respond to family members, friends, and neighbors taken up with Christian Nationalism. Ecumenical and interfaith groups on the state level are offering some tips.

While Donald Trump’s win understandingly dominates the headlines, it’s also important to consider the results in the numerous other federal, state, and local races.

This Election Day issue of A Public Witness considers the idea that where you vote might influence how you vote.

In “American Christian Nationalism: Neither American nor Christian,” Michael W. Austin offers us a better form of civic engagement.

A coalition of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other people of faith has gained power and influence at the ballot box and the Legislature in the past decade especially, becoming one of the most influential forces in state politics.