Robert P. Jones

Robert P. Jones is CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute and the author, most recently, of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future.

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Religious artwork and vintage photographs adorn a wall behind a voter as he completes his ballot at a polling place inside St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church, Nov. 6, 2018, in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood. Evangelical support of Trump held strong in 2020 but shifted with nonreligious voters, according to analysts. (AP photo/Patrick Semansky)

Understanding America's overlooked religious middle

The overlooked religious middle is poised to play an outsized role in the 2024 presidential contest.

Protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, demonstrate on the third day of jury deliberations in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial Nov. 18. Rittenhouse was acquitted Nov. 19 in the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of another in 2020. (CNS)

Kyle Rittenhouse, whiteness and a divinely ordained license to kill

Commentary: Lest we think Rittenhouse is an aberration, polling shows a frightening number of Americans — especially those who are white, conservative and Christian — believe violence may be necessary to "save the country."

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