To secure a more promising tomorrow, institutional presidents should reclaim a commitment central to the founding of Catholic colleges and universities in the United States: a special focus on the needs and the dignity of the marginalized.
Vincent D. Rougeau
Vincent D. Rougeau is president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. He has served as the dean of Boston College Law School and president of the Association of American Law Schools. He was also the inaugural director of the Boston College Forum on Racial Justice in America.
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Pope Francis has criticized both the left and the right’s politics. Community organizing offers a third way
Pope Francis challenges us to reject the selfishness of fake populism, write two veterans of social justice campaigns. Community organizing can help us build a different kind of politics.
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Boston College’s initiative to transform the way we think about racial justice in America
Structural racism must be addressed as a collective, not only an individual, responsibility. A new project at Boston College tackles this challenge. Its inaugural director, Vincent Rougeau, explains.
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Freedom Bound: The legacy and ongoing challenge of the Civil Rights Act
Few societies in modern history have been more invested in the social construct of race than the United States. The perpetuation of race-based chattel slavery in a nation founded on radical notions of individual freedom fueled enduring, albeit simplistic, dualities around the concepts of “blac
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Citizens of Faith: Bringing morality into the voting booth
Bringing morality into the voting booth
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Quality of Life
Martha Nussbaum’s new book looks at the “human development approach” to social development.
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A Soulful Pray-er
Thea Bowmans struggle to open the Catholic Church to African-American spirituality.
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Real Americans, Real Catholics: Race, religion and the 2008 election
Race, religion and the 2008 election