Kentucky Lawmaker Apparent Suicide Victim After Sex Assault Alleged

ADAM BEAM / The Associated Press Dec 13, 2017 State Rep. Dan Johnson, who was also a church pastor, is found shot to death after press investigators reported a charge that he assaulted a teenage girl in 2013. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Applebee’s Fires Waitress After Pastor’s ‘God’ Tip

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 1, 2013 A waitress claims she was fired by Applebee's after posting a note online from a pastor who refused to leave a tip, writing on the credit card receipt instead that "I give God 10% Why do you get 18.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Florida Pastor Has a Few New Enemies

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2011 Oh good, the nutty Rev Terry Jones is near our HQ here in Los Angeles The Florida pastor, who drew widespread ire earlier this month with his Quran-burning and Prophet Muhammad mock trial publicity stunts . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Slams Florida Pastor’s Quran-Burning Plan

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2010 It's amazing what one bigoted gesture can do in these, our volatile times All you have to do is be a professional ignoramus masquerading as a Christian clergyman, such as Florida pastor Terry Jones, let your incredibly poor (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rick Warren Tapped for Obama’s Inaugural Invocation

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2008 So we're aware by now of Obama's "team of rivals" strategy for his upcoming tenure in the White House, but it's still startling to hear that Pastor Rick Warren of Southern California's Saddleback Church, home of the notorious "cone of silence" interviews with Obama and John McCain last August, is going to give the invocation at Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Rev. Wright’s Auspiciously Timed Book Tour

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2008 In case there was any residual doubt as to the current status of the relationship between the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama, New York Magazine should dispel that once and for all with the news, somewhat buried in this week's cover story on race and the presidential election, that Wright will embark on a book tour in October. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Parts Ways With Church

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2008 Having endured at least three rounds of controversy stemming from his 20-year association with Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, Democratic candidate Barack Obama has decided to end his membership, telling reporters Saturday that he is sorry for the intense media attention his affiliation has attracted to the church and its members. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Pushes Hagee, Parsley Away

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2008 This wasn't the best week for Sen. John McCain's (former) religious advisers, the Revs. John Hagee and Rod Parsley -- primarily because the Republican front-runner has effectively given them both the political heave-ho following the public re-airing of their takes on Israel and Islam, respectively. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rev. Wright Speaks

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2008 Lesser journalists continue to characterize the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermons as hate speech, without ever having heard more than snippets of them. As Wright tells the great Bill Moyers, the meaning of his sermons has been deliberately distorted to achieve a political goal, and it worked. Updated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Church Sign Links ‘Obama,’ ‘Osama’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2008 Pastor Roger Boyd claims he just wanted to get folks thinking last Thursday when he chose a controversial message to run on the sign in front of the Jonesville Church of God in Jonesville, S.C.: "OBAMA OSAMA HUMM ARE THEY BROTHERS?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rev. Wright Uncensored

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2008 The national media have made a pariah of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor, by replaying carefully selected snippets of his sermons without context. Here are extended versions of two of Wright's more controversial statements. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Responds to Wright Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2008 It was only a matter of time before Barack Obama would have to weigh in on the controversy surrounding the sermons of his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose rhetorical flair sometimes verged on the incendiary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )