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Liz Theoharis

Liz Theoharis, a TomDispatch regular, is a theologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist. Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, she is the author of "Always With Us? What Jesus Really Said About the Poor." She teaches at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Liacouras Center on June 22, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Project 2025: A blueprint for the Christian nationalist vision for America

Liz Theoharis, Shailly Gupta Barnes
How do we move forward economically? (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Americans are told to make “sacrifices” — but those at the top never have to

Liz Theoharis
Associate Justice Samuel Alito (Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)

Controlling bodies and subverting democracy: How Dobbs is an attack on us all

Liz Theoharis
US soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division practice medical evacuation skills during a training session at the Forward Operating Base Ghazni on May 24, 2013. US-led coalition forces are winding down their operations before a scheduled withdrawal of the bulk of their 100,000 troops by the end of 2014, and racing to prepare Afghan forces to take over responsibility for security. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Living in a country haunted by death

Liz Theoharis
A senior patient using a mask looking through the window at the hospital (Getty Images)

Whose rights matter in pandemic America?

Liz Theoharis
Employees wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus stand at the entrance of a supermarket (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Pandemic lessons for the rest of us

Liz Theoharis
Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Grappling with a divided nation

Liz Theoharis
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The rise of Christian Nationalism in America

Liz Theoharis
Participants in the "Occupy Wall Street" (Getty/Emmanuel Dunand)

Inequality and the coronavirus: How to destroy American society from the top down

Liz Theoharis