Donning “Make America Great Again” hats, some cheered. Others demonstrated with signs and chants.
Wyatt Massey
Wyatt Massey is an O'Hare Fellow at America, writing about social justice and producing podcasts. He is an introvert, runner and self-diagnosed health nut.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
What Catholics are praying for on Inauguration Day
“We talk about peace around the world, but we need peace here.”
Posted inFaith, Features
Faith is strong in middle America’s small towns—but its future is uncertain.
On any given Sunday, the pews of St. Michael’s in Axtell, Kan., are filled with more than half the town’s population.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A new Jesuit program is bringing education to some of the world’s refugees
Students gather outside the schools before the first day of class, ready to learn new skills or improve their language skills, both of which can be invaluable for making a living in refugee camps.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Lakota teens say DAPL victory is ‘history in the making’
“We’re trying to do something for our nation,” says Taylor Charging Crow. “We’re risking our lives. We’re risking our families.”
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
How life in prison could change under Donald Trump
At Otisville Federal Correctional Institution, 80 miles north of New York City, hundreds of thousands of prisoners are uncertain of their futures.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Providing refuge and employment for victims of sex trade, India’s Sari Bari wins $1 million Opus Prize
The annual award of $1,000,000 recognizes unsung heroes who are conquering the world’s most persistent social problems.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Where do the candidates stand on issues important to Catholic voters?
“The Catholic Vote: A Catholic Grassroots Movement” is working to keep voters informed.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Tuning out technology to tune into God
My mind echoes a chant: Don’t look at your phone. Whatever you do, don’t look at your phone. I am sitting on a bench in New York’s Upper East Side. Parents push strollers along the narrow sidewalk, their hands busy scrolling through the feed of a smartphone. A woman jogs through the falling multi-colored leaves. […]
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
These are the journalists who died reporting the news you didn’t read
Where we choose to click and what we choose to read matters. Collecting these stories cost some people their lives. Why not honor that sacrifice?