Michelle Goldberg is a frequent contributor to Salon and the author of "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism" (WW Norton).

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Friday, Apr 10, 2009 03:25 PDT

How abortion changed the world

From a sketchy underground doctor to the American fight against communism, a look at the unlikely forces that helped spread global family planning.
Monday, Jan 8, 2007 05:42 PST

The holy blitz rolls on

The Christian right is a "deeply anti-democratic movement" that gains force by exploiting Americans' fears, argues Chris Hedges. Salon talks with the former New York Times reporter about his fearless new book, "American Fascists."
Monday, Sep 4, 2006 05:00 PDT

Destination: Turkey

This endlessly fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking puzzle of a country that's fraught with religious and political conflict is brilliantly captured in the novels of Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak.
Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006 05:00 PDT

Abortion under siege in Mississippi

Preaching that abortion is as evil as Islam, Nazism and homosexuality, dozens of activists have descended on Jackson, determined to shut down the state's last abortion clinic.
Monday, May 15, 2006 06:04 PDT

"Any attack on Iran will be good for the government"

Nobel laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi discusses the plight of women in Iran, Bush's similarity to Ahmadinejad and why direct negotiations are the only solution.
Friday, May 12, 2006 06:48 PDT

"Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism"

Across the United States, religious activists are organizing to establish an American theocracy. A frightening look inside the growing right-wing movement.
Thursday, Apr 20, 2006 05:00 PDT

The left splits over immigration

Most liberals have celebrated the recent pro-immigration marches. But some leading progressives say illegal immigration hurts American workers.
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 05:00 PDT

Is the "Israel lobby" distorting America's Mideast policies?

Two leading academics have tried to break the taboo against criticizing Israel's powerful U.S. lobby. It's a worthy aim, but their clumsy argument may backfire.
Wednesday, Mar 29, 2006 13:15 PST

Sinners in the hands of an angry GOP

At a messianic "War on Christians" conference, Tom DeLay warned that "the future of man hangs in the balance" as other righteous souls demanded that gay sex be explicitly described to restore "shame."
Thursday, Mar 16, 2006 04:44 PST

Decline and fall

Kevin Phillips, no lefty, says that America -- addicted to oil, strangled by debt and maniacally religious -- is headed for doom.
Friday, Mar 3, 2006 12:24 PST

The I-word goes public

At a forum in New York, pundits and politicians called for the impeachment of George W. Bush.
Friday, Feb 24, 2006 04:35 PST

Saving the neighborhood

Hundreds of New Orleans residents are coaxing their exiled neighbors to return and convince City Hall to spare their homes from the wrecking ball. But will saving their neighborhood mean losing the city?
Monday, Feb 13, 2006 04:29 PST

Missing school in the Big Easy

As kids in New Orleans are turned away from filled schools, the city gambles its future on charter schools.
Tuesday, Feb 7, 2006 04:07 PST

Homeless again in New Orleans

When FEMA cuts off their hotel subsidies Feb. 7, thousands of Katrina victims will be forced into the streets.
Monday, Jan 9, 2006 12:45 PST

We shall overcome ... liberals

At a black church in Philadelphia, Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece joined Jerry Falwell and Rick Santorum to denounce critics of Samuel Alito.
Thursday, Jan 5, 2006 15:50 PST

A disastrous appointment

Bush's backdoor choice of unqualified right-winger Ellen Sauerbrey to head the U.S. refugee-response team raises the specter of Michael Brown.
Thursday, Dec 22, 2005 05:00 PST

Bush's impeachable offense

Yes, the president committed a federal crime by wiretapping Americans, say constitutional scholars, former intelligence officers and politicians. What's missing is the political will to impeach him.
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2005 04:00 PST

The war on "Munich"

Neoconservatives launch a preemptive strike on Spielberg's latest, which dares to break the rules of post-9/11 political correctness.
Thursday, Dec 15, 2005 03:28 PST

Jolting Joe

Liberal Democrats are enraged at Joe Lieberman for supporting the Iraq war. But will attacking the Connecticut senator make the party stronger -- or alienate its moderates?
Wednesday, Dec 7, 2005 05:30 PST

Love your enemies

Peace activist Tom Fox has lived in Baghdad by the words of Jesus. Now he faces murder by terrorists. Was his mission in vain?
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2005 04:00 PST

Jews and the Christian right: Is the honeymoon over?

Worried by increasingly strident evangelical rhetoric, Jewish leaders have finally dared to criticize conservative Christians. Will an alliance held together only by a shared support for Israel survive?
Monday, Nov 21, 2005 04:11 PST

How the secular humanist grinch didn't steal Christmas

The right-wing crusade against the liberal "war on Christmas" is great for rallying the troops. Too bad the war doesn't exist.
Saturday, Jul 23, 2005 07:37 PDT

One nation, divisible

Do evangelicals and secularists want the same America? Legal scholar Noah Feldman says yes, and he has a plan for a more perfect union. Too bad it will never work.
Monday, Apr 25, 2005 09:49 PDT

The right to impose Christianity

The religious right worked itself into a righteous fury at "Justice Sunday," using the stalemate over judges to tar Democrats as enemies of God.
Sunday, Apr 24, 2005 12:25 PDT

Sexual revolutionaries

"Persepolis" author Marjane Satrapi talks about why Iranians don't think sex is sinful, the hypocrisy of American saber-rattling over Iran, and why George Bush and the mullahs are "the same."
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