In my latest, I highlight the striking findings and trends from PRRI's just-released Census of American Religion, based on 500k interviews and years of analysis. It's the most updated+comprehensive look at American religion available, w/ county level data! whitetoolong.net/p/11-facts-and…

New data from PRRI highlights spiritual struggle of my generation: we grew up in churches co-opted by Xtian nationalist political movement; we’ve also been biggest leavers from organized religion. Sarah McCammon📻 has stories to go with these numbers in THE EXVANGELICALS

After PRRI’s new census data on the American religious landscape dropped, you need to check out these releases—all from within last year! Robert P. Jones - Hidden Roots of White Supremacy’ The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy, Michael Wear’s The Spirit of Our Politics, and Sarah McCammon📻’s The Exvangelicals🔖

After Trump said he'd vote for abortion rights, campaign pushes back : NPR npr.org/2024/08/29/g-s…

For context: When Mike Kehoe suggested he’d consider including rape and incest exceptions to Missouri’s zero week abortion ban, his opponents accused him of betraying the anti-abortion rights movement. So Trump saying a six week limit is “too short” seems like a big deal.

Crowdsourcing for a radio story: Can anyone confidently tell me how to pronounce "Diwali"? I'm seeing at least two options online and want to get it right for a passing reference in a story.

PLEASE point me to exactly where I said this. I’ll wait!

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Ahead: Sarah McCammon📻 on the rise of interfaith relationships in America, and how that’s reflected in current campaign tickets. Then William Cope Moyers on his new memoir on recovering from addiction, then new hazards, and having to ask for health all over again.

I talked to NPR Morning Edition’s Sarah McCammon📻 about how meaningful it is to see the Vice President Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff’s interfaith marriage, including their embrace of Jewish tradition and joy. npr.org/2024/08/31/nx-…

“Political opponents Harris and Vance show Americans modern, interfaith marriages” Sarah McCammon📻 reports >> npr.org/2024/08/31/nx-…

Wait the Pentecostals I knew weren’t trick or treating THEY DID NOT CELEBRATE EVIL

“I think that's the message for the country, which is, these different traditions — all of our different traditions — do not need to be and should not be and must not be pitted against one another" - Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush 📝 by Sarah McCammon📻 npr.org/2024/08/31/nx-…

Our CEO Amy Spitalnick talked to Morning Edition's Sarah McCammon📻 about the Vice President Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff's interfaith marriage, public embrace of Jewish identity and tradition, and how important that is at a moment of rising hate.

This whole thread reads like a commercial for trip insurance

Talked with Domenico Montanaro and Ashley Lopez about the changing electorate as the final fall campaign push gets underway podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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Whew boy… …I’m so glad more people are talking about the ways women raised in restrictive religious environments often learn to constantly code switch, depending on the audience. And maybe aren’t even at ease with our natural voices. Because there is A LOT there…

NPR is reporting the identities of two Trump staffers involved in the recent altercation at Arlington National Cemetery via stephen fowler Quil Lawrence Tom Bowman