Sam Kestenbaum is a journalist covering religion in America. He has written about religious life during and in response to the pandemic, including a profile of Clay Clark, the frontman of a prophecy-and-politics roadshow; New Age author Christiane Northrup’s conspiracy makeover; a faith-healing TikToker whose fandom grew during lockdown months; and a Pentecostal church that […]

The Religious Freedom Institute advocates for religious freedom in the United States and abroad. RFI produces research and educational programs and maintains five regional action teams that lobby governments and civil leaders to protect religious freedom globally.

Jatinder Singh is a Sikh advocate and activist, with a particular focus on calling attention to the historical and present persecution of Sikhs worldwide.

Founded in 1985, the U.S. Baha’i Office of Public Affairs represents the American Baha’i community in its collaborations with individuals, organizations and institutions, as well as its relationships with media, government and the broader public. The office operates under the auspices of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States, the elected […]

Agustín Quiles is a noted advocate for social justice among Latino Christians in Florida. He has organized churches to demonstrate for the restoration of voting rights to those with felony convictions and mobilized hundreds of pastors to protest racial injustice and stringent immigration policies.

Leah Sarat is professor at Arizona State University. Her work focuses on ways in which people draw upon religion to confront the physical, emotional and psychological challenges of migration. Her book, Fire in the Canyon: Religion, Migration and the Mexican Dream, centers on the relationship between migration and tourism in an Indigenous community in central […]

Sergio M. González is Assistant Professor of History at Marquette University. A historian of twentieth-century U.S. migration, labor, and religion, his scholarship focuses on the development of Latino communities in the U.S. Midwest. He is the author of Mexicans in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2017) and the co-editor of Faith and Power: Latino Religious […]

Jon Huckins is the founder and director of Journey Home whose work is to heal soul and society through pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago and Mexico-US Border. He is also a PhD candidate in Christian Social Ethics and adjunct professor of New Testament at Point Loma Nazarene University. Jon has written multiple books, including co-authoring […]

Chelsea Sobolik is a writer based in Washington, D.C., where she is also director of government relations at World Relief, a global Christian humanitarian organization and the largest evangelical refugee resettlement in the U.S.