This week, some of my content on Latina/o/x politics and religion appeared in different fora. I had a radio interview that aired last night (March 4), and a guest post at the Kettering Foundation's "From Many, We" blog series went live this morning.

What the 2024 Election Means for the Spread of Christian Nationalism

That's the title of my post at the Kettering Foundation Blog, "From Many, We." In the post, I posit that Christianity may be one of the main reasons behind Trump's increasing support among people of color (especially Latina/o/x voters) in 2024. I draw from a few data sources, including PRRI's Christian Nationalism Survey, to make the case that we are seeing the birth of two multiracial coalitions.

The first is Christian (primarily evangelical) rooted in a desire for Christian control over society, not just in the cultural ways Christianity dominates our culture, but also making Christians the only true citizens. The other is increasingly secular and reacting (though not reactionary) against the continued encroachment of this Christian right wing.

You can read it here. I want to thank Kettering's Derek Barker, a fellow political scientist whom I met at last year's APSA at a panel we both participated in. He was interested in my work on religion and secularism (particularly around race) and proposed the idea of writing for "From Many, We."

On WPKN Radio

Last night, WPKN 89.5 FM Community Radio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, aired part of an interview I did with their host Lou Pomales in November, just after the election. At the station's live show on Election Night, I spoke about Latina/o/x evangélicos and their role in politics. Lou, the legendary host of their longtime music show La Esquina Latina, asked me to discuss the results after the election. We had a long conversation, split into at least two parts. The first one is mainly about Latina/o/x politics, and it just aired. Lou was interested in the role of immigration in Latina/o/x politics and the role of religion. I made some points that have held well in their predictions, such as the chaos in the government and the reign of fear that immigrant communities are now facing (to be fair, one did not need to have psychic powers to see those coming). My topline comments:

• On Latinos voting for mass deportations: Most Latinos are not immigrants, but there is a time-honored tradition in this "land of immigrants" that the children of the previous generation of immigrants bash the new ones.
• On the role of religion: Media assumes we are all Christian, but a shrinking share of the Latino population is.

Listen to it here (the interview is around the 1:22:00 line)