The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (formerly known as the Congressional Human Rights Caucus) is a bipartisan caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives. Its stated mission is “to promote, defend and advocate internationally recognized human rights norms in a nonpartisan manner, both within and outside of Congress, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of […]

Rashad Hussain is ambassador-at-large at the United States Office of International Religious Freedom. Reporters should reach him through Nathan Wineinger.

The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty is a nondenominational organization of Jewish communal and lay leaders. JCRL works with other faith communities to advocate for religious liberty.

Josh Hawley is a Republican U.S. senator for the state of Missouri. He has been outspoken on numerous issues related to religious liberty and free speech. As of 2018, Hawley attended The Crossing Church in Columbia, Missouri. He has said that his legal and political career is a natural extension of his Christian faith. Contact through […]

National Religious Broadcasters is a network of global media broadcasters in Christian radio, television, internet and other platforms. According to its website, the NRB exists to equip, advocate for and encourage Christian communicators and believes that “religious liberty is the cornerstone of a free society, and that we must protect those freedoms so that the […]

Matthew D. Taylor is a scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies, where he specializes in Muslim-Christian dialogue, evangelical and Pentecostal movements, religious politics in the U.S. and American Islam. Media inquiries should be directed to ICJS’ communications and marketing director, John Rivera.

Christians Against Christian Nationalism is a large group of faith leaders concerned that Christian nationalism presents a persistent threat to both religious communities and democracy. Amanda Tyler of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is lead organizer. The press contact is Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons.

Jon Ward is chief national correspondent at Yahoo!News, where he writes about politics, culture and religion. Ward is the author of Camelot’s End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight That Broke the Democratic Party and Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation. Contact via publicist Kelly Hughes.

Carolyn Gallaher is senior associate dean in the School of International Service at American University. Her research is on organized violence by nonstate actors and urban politics.