EP4. Stigma
A church in decline tries to reinvent itself, and its young members struggle with how to talk about Christianity. The Final Service is writt...
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The world as we knew it is undergoing a rapid transformation…so what's next? Welcome to WorldAffairs, your guide to a changing world. We give you the context you need to navigate across bord...
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EP3. Chicago
Julian Deshazier is a rapper and a pastor. That sounds like it would be appealing to kids from his old neighborhood on the South Side. But g...
EP2. Little Lithuania
Christian Allyn is proud to be Lithuanian. So when he found out that the archbishop was going to close his Lithuanian church in Waterbury, C...
EP1. The Mayordomos
This is the first chapter in a four-part series about church closures in America. Lorraine Pacheco is the caretaker for a tiny church in an...
Trailer
Notice anything about churches in America? In a lot of place they're boarded up. Converted to some other use. Or just abandoned. Reporters M...
Jonathan Rauch on the Limits of MAGA and Trump
One theme was consistent throughout this election year: the assertion that democracy was under threat. Throughout the year, Jonathan Rauch w...
Ambassador Michael McFaul: Ukrainians May Fight On, Even with a Trump/Putin Deal
In less than three weeks, Donald Trump will be back in the White House, and we’re waiting to see what he will tackle on Day One. On the camp...
Why You’re Probably Not Going to Church this Christmas
100,000, that’s the estimated number of Protestant churches that will close in the U.S… not by 2050, but five years from now. What some scho...
Overuse of Antibiotics and the Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
When bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, it makes infections harder to treat. This...
Denier-in-Chief: The Threat of Trump and RFK, Jr’s Health Policy
Third party candidate, Robert Kennedy, Jr., played an out-sized role in the 2024 presidential election. Trump said Kennedy would have “a big...
Millions of Deportations? Just How Tough Trump Might Get on Immigration
One issue where President-elect Trump hammered home the differences between his plans and those of Kamala Harris was immigration. For a deca...
Ian Bremmer on What to Expect from Trump 2.0
Donald Trump has successfully defied the political odds for almost a decade – largely because of his unpredictability on the campaign trail....
Yascha Mounk on How To Save Diverse Democracies
Diversity has often been seen as the United States’ defining strength – but today, some Americans see it as a threat. And this isn’t new. Th...
Mike Madrid: Latino Voters and the Working Class ‘Tectonic Shift’
In 2020, Latinos became the second largest ethnic voting group in the United States, and the fastest-growing segment of the swing states in...
Steve Schmidt: Trump’s Victory is a Disaster for the Democratic Party
According to Steve Schmidt, if you want to understand how the Democrats failed against Donald Trump in 2024, then you have to go back to Joe...
What the Hell Just Happened?
Election Day is over, and the results are clear: former president Donald Trump resoundingly defeated vice president Kamala Harris. We don’t...
Last Look: Can We Trust the Polls?
We’ve finally reached November 5th, Election Day in the US, and a majority of Americans remain deeply pessimistic about the state of the nat...
Kara Swisher’s on Whether We Can Trust Tech Billionaires
Donald Trump’s anti-establishment message has galvanized tech leaders across the US, including in former Democratic Party stronghold, Silico...
Musk is all in on Trump. What About the Rest of Silicon Valley?
During the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump's campaign has been fueled by some surprising supporters… leaders in big tech. According to...
Will an “October Surprise” Decide the 2024 Election?
We're entering the final days of the 2024 presidential election, but a lot can change in a few weeks. Historically, several presidential con...