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Latest articles by Tara Isabella Burton
![The Waco tragedy, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10680959/GettyImages_1414652.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.85%2C0%2C66.3%2C100&w=2400)
![The Waco tragedy, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10680959/GettyImages_1414652.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.275%2C0%2C99.45%2C100&w=2400)
Nearly 30 years later, the siege of David Koresh’s Branch Davidians challenges our definition of “cult.”
![“Witch hunt!”: the history of Donald Trump’s favorite attack on Robert Mueller, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10647931/GettyImages_515417102.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.723413966225%2C0%2C68.553172067549%2C100&w=2400)
![“Witch hunt!”: the history of Donald Trump’s favorite attack on Robert Mueller, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10647931/GettyImages_515417102.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.375943186862%2C100%2C97.248113626276&w=2400)
Trump’s favorite charge against first the Mueller investigation and now impeachment has a long history.
Despite its title, the show cares about the here and now, not the hereafter.
![What does dying — and mourning — look like in a secular age?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13599361/Mjzuqr4_toned_lead.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.874387254902%2C0%2C70.251225490196%2C100&w=2400)
![What does dying — and mourning — look like in a secular age?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13599361/Mjzuqr4_toned_lead.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.1024858264283%2C100%2C94.897514173572&w=2400)
Twenty-nine percent of Americans anticipate a secular funeral.
![Why Hanukkah’s message of Jewish resilience matters so much after Pittsburgh](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13589366/453352005.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=23.2%2C0%2C53.6%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Hanukkah’s message of Jewish resilience matters so much after Pittsburgh](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13589366/453352005.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.8%2C0%2C80.4%2C100&w=2400)
Rabbis and faith leaders say the story of survival is one many Jews need right now.
![How faith leaders respond to tragedies like the California wildfires](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13462145/1063410320.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663182103282%2C0%2C66.673635793435%2C100&w=2400)
![How faith leaders respond to tragedies like the California wildfires](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13462145/1063410320.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0052262987352307%2C100%2C99.98954740253&w=2400)
“You have two ears and one mouth, so you’ve got to be listening twice as much as you’re talking.”
![Several white evangelical leaders reject anti-immigrant rhetoric. Why do their flocks embrace it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13458862/1055821988.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Several white evangelical leaders reject anti-immigrant rhetoric. Why do their flocks embrace it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13458862/1055821988.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The theology — and the politics — behind white evangelicals’ ambivalence towards migrants.
![Facebook has been accused of peddling anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to promote its brand](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13450067/1027118596.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.597197015527%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Facebook has been accused of peddling anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to promote its brand](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13450067/1027118596.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The social media network is accused of hiring a right-wing PR firm to smear its critics.
![Donald Trump left out Hindus when tweeting about a mainly Hindu holiday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13442358/1067117590.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.016666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Donald Trump left out Hindus when tweeting about a mainly Hindu holiday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13442358/1067117590.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Trump’s Diwali tweet referenced Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains — but not Hindus.
![What a “spiritual” beauty subscription box says about religion today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13272075/moonbox_october_edited_2234.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.622340425532%2C0%2C66.755319148936%2C100&w=2400)
![What a “spiritual” beauty subscription box says about religion today](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13272075/moonbox_october_edited_2234.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.066401062417%2C100%2C99.867197875166&w=2400)
Moonbox sells self-care products to use at different stages of the lunar cycle.