Jimmy Carter embodied what Trump has never been able to grasp about Christianity | Opinion
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Jimmy Carter embodied what Trump has never been able to grasp about Christianity | Opinion

January 2, 2025

During the 1976 presidential campaign, The New York Times ran a front-page story on Jimmy Carter’s Baptist faith. “There has been no serious challenge to Mr. Carter’s sincerity or his spiritual credibility,” the reporter concluded. “Most uneasiness appears to stem from a fear that an evangelistically minded President might use his power to advance his beliefs or violate the separation of church and state.”

Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100 in Plains, Georgia, went on to win the presidency and spent the decades of his post-presidency championing human rights around the world and building houses through Habitat for Humanity. He taught Sunday school classes before, during, and after his time in the White House. No matter what you think of his actions as president, there was no serious challenge to his spiritual credibility. Jimmy Carter faithfully followed Jesus.

Dear President Trump: We See What You Are Doing with Antisemitism
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Dear President Trump: We See What You Are Doing with Antisemitism

Last Thursday, during a rally to promote their disastrous new budget, President Trump took the stage and said: “No going to the banks and in some cases, borrowing from a fine banker, and in some cases shylocks and bad people.” Trump’s use of the word “shylocks” echoes a hundreds-of-years-old trope about hidden Jewish influences, moneylending and nefarious financial power.

In the Wake of the New York City Mayoral Primary, Muslims and Jews Stand Together Against Hate
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In the Wake of the New York City Mayoral Primary, Muslims and Jews Stand Together Against Hate

New York State Assemblyman Zohran K. Mamdani won the Democratic nomination to become the New York City mayor. Despite his professed claims to the contrary and his repeated commitment to working with Jewish communities in New York, critics are accusing Mamdani of antisemitism and attacking him with a tremendous amount of anti-Muslim hate.

 The SAVE Act is not what it seems.
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On April 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act), a bill that, under the guise of protecting election integrity, would erect new and unnecessary barriers to the ballot box nationwide.