American Academy of Religion

Laura Castaneda

📧 “Submission" to SDUT

On November 21, 2024 I pitched the San Diego Union Tribune an opinion piece on anti-military bias in the American Academy of Religion, which was holding its annual gathering the following weekend in San Diego, home of one of the largest military communities in the world. After receiving a

SD Union Tribune

📰 AAR OpEd (killed)

On November 22, 2024, San Diego Union Tribune Opinion Editor Laura Castañeda approved the following for publication and scheduled it for early December; When MIA checked in with Castañeda be email on December 3rd and 11th, she retaliated by killing the piece, citing “hostility.” Here is the unpublished, unedited OpEd.