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Read the latest press releases, blog posts, and State of Belief episodes from our team in Washington, D.C., our network of faith leaders and affiliates across the United States.

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Advocacy
June 6, 2025

Interfaith Alliance Joins Civil Rights Partners in Condemning Antisemitic Attacks

Interfaith Alliance is proud to join The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and a broad coalition of civil rights organizations in signing a joint statement responding to the recent rise in antisemitic violence.

Advocacy
May 21, 2025

No Kings! Faith Rising for Democracy

Join No Kings on June 14 for a nationwide faith mobilization rejecting authoritarianism and celebrating democracy. Learn how to participate today.

Advocacy
May 20, 2025

More than 60 faith-based organizations oppose Educational Choice for Children Act

Interfaith Alliance was one of more than 60 faith-based organizations and 260 faith leaders representing over 3.3 million people who signed a letter to congress opposing the inclusion of the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) in the federal reconciliation budget.

Analysis
April 24, 2025

What is Pam Bondi’s Anti-Christian bias task force? Everything you need to know

On February 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order addressing so-called “anti-Christian bias” in the United States. The Anti-Christian Bias Task Force, created by the executive order, held its first meeting on April 22, 2025. The task force is chaired by Attorney General Pam Bondi. 

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State of Belief
May 12, 2025

Book Bans vs. the Right to Read: Kelly Jensen and Rev. Amos Brown

This week on The State of Belief, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush welcomes Kelly Jensen. She’s a passionate advocate for intellectual freedom, democracy, and the right to read. As an editor at Book Riot and a former librarian, Kelly has been at the forefront of the fight against book bans and censorship. The urgent conversation covers the growing wave of censorship, the role of religious extremism in book-banning efforts, and what we can do to safeguard free expression and democratic values.

Press Release
May 8, 2025

Interfaith Alliance Welcomes History-Making New Pope Leo XIV

State of Belief
May 5, 2025

Faith is Standing Strong: Rev. Dr. Shannon Fleck

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Faithful America Executive Director Rev. Dr. Shannon Fleck about the threat to the constitutional Establishment Clause posed by the Supreme Court case St Isidore, and the hope for bringing people together across lines of division around shared values and priorities.

Media Coverage
May 2, 2025

CNN: Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction

Advocacy
May 2, 2025

Interfaith Alliance Opposes the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA)

On April 29th, Interfaith Alliance joined our colleagues at over 30 other organizations across civil society in opposing the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA). By giving the federal government the power to withhold funding from organizations who run afoul of a particular definition of antisemitism, the AAA would needlessly stifle political free speech and empower the administration’s repressive agenda. 

Media Coverage
May 1, 2025

Axios: Exclusive: Christian leaders blast Trump's "anti-Christian bias" unit