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Yonkers and the ugly politics of ‘not in my backyard’: A recap of ‘Show Me a Hero,’ parts 1 and 2
At the heart of the class combat in “Show Me a Hero” is fear, a fear that is made worse by the fact the black, brown and white residents of Yonkers know very little about one another.
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Engaging pluralism theologically in Melbourne
In Australia, sensitivity to the interreligious diversity that marks Asia today
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80 years after the birth of Social Security, remembering Miss Ida May
Eighty years have come and gone, and the Social Security Act, while derided by some—and cherished by many—is still here, helping the Ida May Fullers of our time.
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You’ll never guess which candidate is quoting Pope Francis most frequently
How does Pope Francis factor into the election? At least one candidate’s been talking about him a lot.
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My father, Thomas Merton and the legacy of nuclear warfare
We might hope that in tandem with the pope’s recognition of the horrors of the first two atomic bombs, there is a concurrent abhorrence of tens of millions of human souls brutalized and murdered by four totalitarian political regimes.
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Food as a Power Tool
Food has become a geopolitical weapon. It is not a new concept, but it is a potent one.
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H is for “Hubris”? What Google’s Alphabet restructuring tells us about its goals.
Google’s co-founders are after something more than profit.
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Ben Carson, Christian neurosurgeon, endorses torture
Banning torture is not a matter of “political correctness”; it’s international law.
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Bringing hope to at-risk youth: Q&A with Jeff Putthoff, S.J.
My privilege is that I choose who I stand with, while others often struggle to simply stand.