Stories by Katherine Stewart

Katherine Stewart is the author of "The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children" (PublicAffairs). Visit her Web site or follow her on Twitter @kathsstewart. subscribe to Katherine Stewart's feed

Christians Protest Yoga in Schools -- But Welcome Bible Study

Posted on: Feb 26, 2013, Source: Religion Dispatches

Whether yoga is religious is a less important question than whether we really have separation of church and state in the public schools.

How the Religious Right Is Fueling Climate Change Denial

Posted on: Nov 5, 2012, Source: The Guardian

Radical religious activists promote anti-science bills, in part, because they also seek to undermine the teaching of evolution.

How Christian Fundamentalism Feeds the Toxic Partisanship of US Politics

Posted on: Oct 29, 2012, Source: Comment Is Free

When evangelicals attack 'the gay agenda' of an anti-bullying event in schools, something is sick in America's religious culture

The Littlest Missionaries: A New Christian Plot to Invade Public Schools

Posted on: Oct 1, 2012, Source: Comment Is Free

Exploiting a legal loophole, evangelicals are using children to spread their message in schools.

Church in School? In New York, A Judge Says 'Yes'

Posted on: Jul 8, 2012, Source: Comment Is Free

A judge's decision forcing New York City to provide subsidised space for religious worship challenges the US constitution.

How Corrupt Catholics and Evangelicals Abuse Religious Freedom

Posted on: Jul 1, 2012, Source: The Guardian

The founding fathers saw the state as guarantor of freedom from persecution. Now, the Church is trying to cast it as persecutor.

Are Christian Fundamentalists Teaching Genocide in Our Schools?

Posted on: May 30, 2012, Source: Comment Is Free

Thanks to Good News Clubs, evangelism in schools is already subverting the separation of church and state. Now they're justifying the murder of nonbelievers.

Is Texas Waging War on History?

Posted on: May 21, 2012, Source: Comment Is Free

Christian-nationalist zealots are rewriting US history, airbrushing slavery and enshrining creationism in Texas schools.

How You End up Paying for Religious Schools Without Knowing It

Posted on: Apr 30, 2012, Source: Comment Is Free

Using the language of "choice," school voucher proponents are pushing hard to destroy the separation of church and state in public schools. Here's how they're doing it.

Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools — Is Your State Next?

Posted on: Apr 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Thanks to ALEC, the Volunteer State has adopted a law intended to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. Just don't expect them to stop there.

The Bully Backlash: How the Christian Right Is Attacking Efforts to Help Kids

Posted on: Apr 4, 2012, Source: Comment Is Free

Even as states and schools try to put in place anti-bullying policies, the Christian right is mobilizing to undo them.

The New Legal Theory That Enables Homophobic Evangelizing in Public Schools

Posted on: Mar 29, 2012, Source: The Guardian

A campaign funded by the religious right has effectively rewritten the constitutional separation of church and state in education.

The Right-Wing Plot to Undermine Science in Public Schools

Posted on: Feb 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Leaked documents reveal a right-wing think-tank's plans to undermine the teaching of climate science -- and defund public education in the process.