The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/author/manny)
Manny Moreno (pro: he/él/lui) was born in Cuba and raised in the American South. He lives in South Florida and Nemi, Italy. He has been in the Pagan community for almost four decades. He is a Witch and was raised as a child of Oyá. He is encouraged by the Balance within the natural world and enjoys storms and the night. Manny is married and splits his free time between the Florida Swamps, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Alban Hills. He is also a beekeeper, orchid-grower, and builder of bat houses.
A sweeping global review finds Indigenous nations are engaging dominant water governance systems at every level—often through courts, protest, and consultation—but rarely as recognized authorities. The study highlights both the persistence of colonial structures and the growing influence of Indigenous sovereignty.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited Idaho pastor Doug Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist, to deliver a worship service inside the Pentagon. The event has sparked debate over religious pluralism, church–state boundaries, and the role of theology in military leadership.
A multifaith coalition represented by Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Democracy Forward has filed suit in federal court alleging that President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission violates federal advisory law by lacking viewpoint balance and transparency, and by advancing a narrow “Judeo-Christian” framework.
A federal judge has ordered the return of slavery exhibits and Oney Judge’s story to Philadelphia’s President’s House, ruling that the National Park Service acted unlawfully in removing them and cannot unilaterally alter historical interpretation without consulting the City.
Archaeologists in central Romania have uncovered a rare 7,500-year-old clay figurine depicting a female figure with arms raised in invocation. Discovered during preventive excavations, the small Neolithic artifact illuminates the symbolic and spiritual world of Europe’s earliest farming communities.