Our guest this week recently traveled down to the border to confront the so-called “Army of God” as part of a larger project of providing alternative ideologies to Christian nationalism. Doug Pagitt is a pastor, author and the executive director of Vote Common Good,...
FFRF Action Fund Director of Governmental Affairs Mark Dann and FFRF Action Fund State Policy Manager Ryan Dudley will talk with guest Robb Ryerse, a political organizer with Vote Common...
Eagle Pass residents and Vote Common Good organizers march to protest Gov. Greg Abbott at Shelby Park, Eagle Pass. This past weekend as a convoy of anti-migration hawks traveled to Eagle Pass, Texas to protest the Biden administration’s border security policies, there...
Pastor Doug Pagitt (right) and others gather in Eagle Pass’ San Juan Plaza. (Bill Baird) As a group of anti-immigrant protesters traveling in what they described as “God’s Convoy” descended on an unincorporated area near the Eagle Pass over the weekend, the...
Eagle Pass residents with the newly formed Eagle Pass Border Coalition join with organizers from the No Border Wall Laredo Coalition in San Juan Park just before Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s news conference in Shelby Park on February 4, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas....
Member of Vote Common Good Doug Pagitt speaks during a press conference in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., February 2, 2024. (REUTERS/Go Nakamura) Hundreds of protesters from around the U.S. flocked to a Texas border town on Saturday to vent over illegal immigration and show...
https://youtu.be/mhQ3oVMo1-o Vote Common Good Joins March in Eagle Pass, Texas Texas Governor Abbott put a target on the back of Eagle Pass, Texas. He’s created a context making it unsafe for the citizens by joining together with the right wing forces of Christian...
A participant passes flags and signage during a “Take Our Border Back” rally, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in Quemado, Texas. (Eric Gay / AP) Those attending the “Take Our Border Back” rally in Quemado said they were convening as Christians who support putting...
Participants supporting the “Take Our Border Back” convoy gather near Cornerstone Children’s Ranch, Quemado, Texas on February 2, 2024. Community leaders spoke out against the convoy in Eagle’s Pass, Texas, ahead of a planned rally near the...