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.
Interfaith Alliance, together with major religious organizations committed to religious freedom and education, has submitted a formal comment to the U.S. Department of Education opposing the proposed priority and definitions on promoting patriotic education.
As one of the organizational co-chairs of Faithful Democracy, Interfaith Alliance led a powerful letter to Congressional leadership this Tuesday—joined by over 130 faith-based organizations—expressing alarm at the federal takeover of D.C.'s police and calling for Congressional support to protect the District’s autonomy and advance statehood.

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Dr. Robert P. Jones, founder and president of the Public Religion Research Institute, which has just released the incredibly detailed Census of American Religion. Robby's latest book, "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future" has just been released in paperback with a new afterword.

State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Brenda Wineapple, whose new book "Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation" recounts the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, eerily similar to battles over books and what can be taught today.