I’ve been feeling so down on the state of affairs in this nation that I’ve started to wonder if I can even celebrate the Fourth of July this year without feeling painfully disingenuous. So I looked to my colleagues for hope.
Molly Cahill
Molly Cahill is Associate Director of Digital Strategy at America. She was a 2020-2021 O'Hare Fellow.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Do you really need to post that? A 5-step social media examination of conscience
When a major event hits the news cycle these days, everyone I follow seems to have a compulsive need to respond as quickly as possible. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Graduating from college? Some advice from 4 recent grads (and one not so recent)
So it’s time for you to graduate. Four young America editors and one Star Wars nerd have some advice for you.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
When life gets overwhelming, remember: You are in the presence of God.
A Reflection for the Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Molly Cahill
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Not every prayer is spoken—some are experienced
A Reflection for the Thursday of the Third Week of Lent, by Molly Cahill
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Volunteer, stop judging and get off Twitter: 8 New Year’s Resolutions Inspired by Pope Francis
Ready or not, the new year is here — and with it our annual opportunity to take stock and set goals, with a little help from Pope Francis.
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
Conversations between women in the Gospels
A Reflection for the Sunday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Covid delayed my college graduation 517 days. It taught me the importance of rituals—even if we celebrate them late.
Can a ritual that comes a year and a half late possibly mean what it was originally supposed to? No. But it ended up having a deep meaning entirely its own.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Prayer for the End of the Death Penalty
God who is justice, let the systems of justice we build on earth reflect your love for all creation. Let them value redemption over punishment, future over past, life over death.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
AOC, the Met Gala and the dress: Femininity has the power to make the whole world talk.
While Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s attendance attracted predictable outrage from her regular critics, she made the exact splash it seems she intended to make.