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The Power of Community: Keya Chatterjee and the Vision for a Free DC
Free DC Executive Director Keya Chatterjee joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush for an in-depth look at the federal takeover of Washington, DC, and the implications for the nation's capital, other cities, and our democracy itself. She also shares the strategies Free DC is deploying with partner organizations to bring people together in non-violent but effective opposition.
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130+ Religious Organizations Say NO to DC Takeover
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.
Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation case has alarming implications
Earlier this year, during the holy month of Ramadan, ICE agents followed Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil home after he broke his fast and forcibly detained him without a warrant. Khalil, a Palestinian activist, was then disappeared into an unmarked vehicle and taken to an unknown location as his pregnant wife watched and pleaded for information. It was later revealed that Khalil had been moved to a detention center in Jena, Louisiana, where he faced deportation. He was held for over three months in poor conditions, missing his graduation and the birth of his first child.
How the Christian Right is Taking Over America with Talia Lavin
“I wanted to know what they were saying when no one else was in the room” - Journalist and author Talia Lavin shares her experiences researching online right-wing extremism and Christian Nationalism with primary sources and undercover investigation.
Interfaith Alliance Calls on Faith Leaders and Lawmakers to Protect Communities from Gun Violence and Counter Hate
WASHINGTON — Following the tragic shooting during a back-to-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance, offered condolences to the victims’ families and the broader community. He emphasized that preventing gun violence is imperative to protecting true religious freedom in the United States.
What is Hinduism, really?
For most of my life, I understood Hinduism as one single set of practices. As a child, I was sent to Hindu Sunday school where I learned about Hindu philosophies, stories, holidays, rituals, and more. It was only after turning 17 that I realized that my family practiced something entirely different than what Sunday school had been teaching me