The American dream is at the center of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Díaz.
Olga Segura
Olga Segura is the author of the forthcoming book Birth of a Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
We choose life: Arkansas, Nebraska and the death penalty.
On April 30, Arkansas’ supply of midazolam, the sedative used in state executions, expires. As a result, the state has executed four inmates in just eight days. This week, we talk with Brother Joseph Hoover, S.J., about these executions and the Catholic Church’s fight against the death penalty in Nebraska. In Signs of the Times, we […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
What does it mean to be a Christian rapper? A conversation with Sho Baraka
Christian rapper Sho Baraka makes his faith a part of his art, but he doesn’t proselytize.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
What can Beyoncé and Pope Francis teach us about love?
Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ and ‘Amoris Laetitia’ were released a year ago. Both offer an important—often fundamentally different—look into love and marriage.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Be our guest! Ep: 6 of jesuitical
I’m a purist. Which means I didn’t see Disney’s remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” But it didn’t stop my co-hosts from seeing it and inviting on a Jesuit to talk all things Disney. Alfonso Pizano, S.J., spent 14 years working at Disneyland, “where he piloted the monorail, sailed submarines, hawked souvenirs and danced in […]
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Being undocumented in Donald Trump’s America
So since we weren’t canceled after one episode, we’re happy to present Episode 2! We speak with Jorge Corona, a producer at Gizmodo Media Company, about a viral video he made about what it’s like to be an undocumented immigrant in the United States. And in Signs of the Times, we shine some more light on […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ James Baldwin & Black Lives Matter: A conversation with Raoul Peck
Raoul Peck is the director of “I Am Not Your Negro,” out in theaters this Friday.
Posted inArts & Culture
Living in James Baldwin’s America
The world is not white; white is [merely] a metaphor for power.
Posted inOf Other Things
Welcome to the Boogie Down: A review of Netflix’s “The Get Down”
if you’ve ever wondered about the origins of hip-hop and the Bronx, “The Get Down” is a great starting point.
Posted inIn All Things
20 years ago today, Tupac died. A look back at the rose that grew from concrete
On Sept 13 1996 Tupac Shakur died in a hospital in Las Vegas after he was shot in a drive-by shooting six days earlier Twenty years later while his legacy as a rapper and entertainer is still debated in barbershops and Twitter feeds his impact is undeniable Shakur was born in Harlem N Y on