Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld

Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld is author of Warren’s Words: Smart Commentary on Social Justice (Purple Press); editor of Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price (Beacon Press), and co-editor of Readings for Diversity and Social Justice (Routledge) and Investigating Christian Privilege and Religious Oppression in the United States (Sense), and co-author of Looking at Gay and Lesbian Life (Beacon Press).

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Donald Trump’s love of brutal leaders shows that he’s a wannabe dictator

He has praised China for its laws executing drug dealers. And that's not all...

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The GOP is jumping to condemn Warren but they’re happy to ignore real insults to Native Americans

Elizabeth Warren's overly enthusiastic embrace of her Native ancestor didn't give her any advantages. Trump and the NFL have used insults and slurs to make money and keep power.

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This recent Supreme Court decision is troubling for non-Christians and LGBTQ people alike

if you think Christians have certain privileges denied to others in America, you're right.

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How long must a politician show repentance before they’re forgiven & regain our trust?

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring wore blackface when they were young. But does their history of fighting racism counter the mistakes they made?

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Americans put Hitler on trial in absentia in the 30s. Can we do the same with Trump now?

An overflow crowd attended the rally at Madison Square Garden with 23,000 spectators inside and another 20,000 listening from speakers outside.

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He killed a gay man in a vicious hate crime. This is his story of redemption.

There are pivotal events in everyone’s life that forever separate before from after.

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The echoes of Germany’s Nazi past are still reverberating in modern America

On a usual day in Germany in 1940, Jewish people discovered that they had been changed into filthy and diseased vermin according to the government.

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Trump’s lies to the nation show he’s more interested in ‘winning’ than being right

When it comes to Trump, remember Voltaire's warning: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

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We advanced science by fighting George H. W. Bush’s hateful and ignorant HIV policies

Bush tried to limit funding for HIV-research and ban all HIV-positive immigrants from the US, but we fought back.

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This racially-biased Arizona law will lead the state back to the 18th and 19th centuries

This law forbidding "controversial" topics in the classroom would prevent lessons about historic racial discrimination.

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