Baldwin’s words explore what hatred can do not only to society at large but to the individual who bears it.
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Jason Isbell’s ‘Reunions’ begs us to listen differently
Jason Isbell’s music dares us to practice intentional, engaged listening precisely because that is what Isbell himself is bringing to it.
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What we lost when Notre-Dame de Paris caught fire
What did Notre-Dame mean? What did it feel like to step into it in the Middle Ages?
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When pitchers and batters become ministers and deacons
Baseball is not a religion, but plenty of its players find their real vocation after retirement.
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Gen-X women can’t ‘have it all’ after all
Generation X came of age in a culture awash in dreams of women’s perpetual and idealized childhood being sold as feminist empowerment.
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Fr. James Martin’s 1997 review of ‘Nothing Sacred’
“Nothing Sacred” is the rare television show that deals with American Catholicism in an intelligent, adult manner.
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Revisiting ‘Nothing Sacred’ : A show about gritty parish life we could use today
The television series about an urban Catholic church was groundbreaking, and there has been nothing like it since.
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WNYC’s ‘10 Things That Scare Me’ shows how sharing our fears can bring us closer together
At times “10 Things” feels like being witness to little acts of self-liberation.
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What does Bernie Sanders’ win say about the future of capitalism?
Our youngest cohort of voters is opting for a radical political departure because they have seen the future we have imagined for them, and have found it wanting.
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A tour through Pope Francis’ Buenos Aires
A visit to the pope’s old haunts.