ADAM BEAM / The Associated PressDec 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 )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigFeb 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
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Staff / TruthdigSep 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 )
Staff / TruthdigDec 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 )
Staff / TruthdigAug 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 )
Staff / TruthdigJun 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 )
Staff / TruthdigMay 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigMar 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 )
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