Ruth Graham
@ruthgraham.bsky.social
National correspondent at The New York Times covering religion, faith and values. ~Texas~. Ruth.Graham@nytimes.com
"God is an anti-vaxxer, and he needs you to speak up." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Emboldened, Kennedy Allies Embrace a Label They Once Rejected: ‘Anti-Vax’
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"God is an anti-vaxxer, and he needs you to speak up." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
my doctor's office parking garage app immediately asking me to rate my experience
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
my doctor's office parking garage app immediately asking me to rate my experience
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Nancy’s Natural Healing
Parker, SD
Parker, SD
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Nancy’s Natural Healing
Parker, SD
Parker, SD
Two bishops with ties to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, including Bishop Robert Barron, criticized the administration’s treatment of Catholics detained by immigration officials this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Bishops With Ties to Trump Commission Criticize Treatment of Immigrants
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November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Two bishops with ties to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, including Bishop Robert Barron, criticized the administration’s treatment of Catholics detained by immigration officials this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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"Now, the most prominent face of progressive religion in the Democratic Party is not a liberal Christian but a Muslim who practices his faith while also creating space for interfaith and secular morality." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Would New York City Elect a Muslim Mayor? An Emphatic Yes.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Now, the most prominent face of progressive religion in the Democratic Party is not a liberal Christian but a Muslim who practices his faith while also creating space for interfaith and secular morality." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
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ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood takes leave of absence amid sexual misconduct claims religionnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood takes leave of absence amid sexual misconduct claims
(RNS) — A church investigation will determine whether there are reasonable grounds to put Wood to a church trial.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood takes leave of absence amid sexual misconduct claims religionnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
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NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
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“It is also November. The noons are more laconic and the sundowns sterner...November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.”
-Emily Dickinson, letter to Elizabeth Holland (Nov 1865)
#everynightapoem #november
-Emily Dickinson, letter to Elizabeth Holland (Nov 1865)
#everynightapoem #november
November 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“It is also November. The noons are more laconic and the sundowns sterner...November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.”
-Emily Dickinson, letter to Elizabeth Holland (Nov 1865)
#everynightapoem #november
-Emily Dickinson, letter to Elizabeth Holland (Nov 1865)
#everynightapoem #november
"People who feel committed to Jewish life have no choice but to create new Jewish communities.” From the great @emmagoldberg.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
What the Jewish Left Is Building for Itself
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November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"People who feel committed to Jewish life have no choice but to create new Jewish communities.” From the great @emmagoldberg.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
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Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
"There's a new moon, he sees scores of stars and a cloud suspended above them in silent expectation, and he marvels at his life, how trivial it is, and fleeting, and how busy it always keeps him nonetheless."
(From "The Remembered Soldier" by Anjet Daanje, please do not tell me how it ends!)
(From "The Remembered Soldier" by Anjet Daanje, please do not tell me how it ends!)
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"There's a new moon, he sees scores of stars and a cloud suspended above them in silent expectation, and he marvels at his life, how trivial it is, and fleeting, and how busy it always keeps him nonetheless."
(From "The Remembered Soldier" by Anjet Daanje, please do not tell me how it ends!)
(From "The Remembered Soldier" by Anjet Daanje, please do not tell me how it ends!)
“Our students are about to turn subcognitive.”
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
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October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“Our students are about to turn subcognitive.”
keywords Wicca, hypnotism, Vegetarian Society, naked wedding, ventriloquism www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
Patricia Crowther, Who Brought Witchcraft Out of the Shadows, Dies at 97
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October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Today La Sagrada Família is having the first part of the crowning cross of the Jesus Tower installed. This will finally take it past Ulm Minster's 161.5 metres (begun 1392, completed with octagon and spire 1885-90) as the tallest church in the world!
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Today La Sagrada Família is having the first part of the crowning cross of the Jesus Tower installed. This will finally take it past Ulm Minster's 161.5 metres (begun 1392, completed with octagon and spire 1885-90) as the tallest church in the world!
I'll be interviewing Bishop Michael Curry, former head of the Episcopal Church, on stage at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin in November. The entire festival lineup is killer, truly. Join me! festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...
The Texas Tribune Festival 2025. Online registration by Cvent
Texas' breakout politics and policy event, The Texas Tribune Festival, is making its return to downtown Austin Nov. 13-15. 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'll be interviewing Bishop Michael Curry, former head of the Episcopal Church, on stage at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin in November. The entire festival lineup is killer, truly. Join me! festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...
“What is the holiest part of a tallit? It’s the fringes. Those that are on the fringes in a committed way bring a sacred aspect to Judaism.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Arthur Waskow, 92, Influential Rabbi and Activist for Social Justice, Dies
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October 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“What is the holiest part of a tallit? It’s the fringes. Those that are on the fringes in a committed way bring a sacred aspect to Judaism.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
The highest-ranking prelate of the Anglican Church in North America has been formally accused of sexual harassment, plagiarism and bullying by former employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
Archbishop of U.S. Anglican Church Is Accused of Sexual Harassment
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October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The highest-ranking prelate of the Anglican Church in North America has been formally accused of sexual harassment, plagiarism and bullying by former employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
"If I show that I am scared to death, that’s not going to do any good for the 9-year-old girls who were terrified." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
A Camp Mystic Security Guard Saved Dozens. He’s Still ‘Too Numb to Cry.’
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October 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"If I show that I am scared to death, that’s not going to do any good for the 9-year-old girls who were terrified." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Looking forward to this conversation with Bishop Michael Curry at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin next month. (More on this later, but I just saw ticket prices are going up tomorrow!) festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...
The Texas Tribune Festival 2025
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October 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Looking forward to this conversation with Bishop Michael Curry at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin next month. (More on this later, but I just saw ticket prices are going up tomorrow!) festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...
Political scientist Hahrie Han has just been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow. Here's my 2024 review of her excellent book "Undivided": www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/b...
What Happened When an Ohio Megachurch Decided to Tackle Racism (Published 2024)
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October 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Political scientist Hahrie Han has just been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow. Here's my 2024 review of her excellent book "Undivided": www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/b...
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NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.
Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
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October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.
Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Tens of thousands of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered over the weekend in Salt Lake City for a meeting that fell at a heavy moment for the church. My dispatch: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
As Latter-Day Saints Convene, ‘Our Hearts Are Mourning Loss’
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October 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tens of thousands of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered over the weekend in Salt Lake City for a meeting that fell at a heavy moment for the church. My dispatch: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
Knowing the signs of a stroke can save a life ... for example I am having one right now, pretty sure
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Knowing the signs of a stroke can save a life ... for example I am having one right now, pretty sure
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I've had this on my "to-read" since @ruthgraham.bsky.social raved about it years and years ago (her review here: slate.com/culture/2017...). It's extraordinary, perfect mix of psychologically insightful plus dramatic plus existential.
October 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I've had this on my "to-read" since @ruthgraham.bsky.social raved about it years and years ago (her review here: slate.com/culture/2017...). It's extraordinary, perfect mix of psychologically insightful plus dramatic plus existential.