This week the United States celebrated the Fourth of July: a day where people gather with friends and families, drinking Budweisers and eating hot dogs. In these spaces, many Americans discuss the country’s greatness, its independence. For others, these conversations around the grill take a more critical tone, with many wondering if, in fact, the United […]
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Nathan Schneider on the hidden perils of philanthropy
Our guest this week is Nathan Schneider, a contributing writer for America and the author of “Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and The Case Against Philanthropy As We Know It,” which appeared in America’s June 26th issue. Is philanthropy something we want to encourage as the way things get done in our societies? Schneider finds that “it’s […]
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Making it in the (secular) (white) media as a Catholic Latina
This week, we talk Latina identity, journalism and more with Juleyka Lantigua-Williams. She is the former senior supervising producer and editor of NPR’s Code Switch and a former staff writer at The Atlantic. She has covered issues ranging from women’s rights at home and abroad, environmental justice, U.S. immigration policy, poverty, maternal health, early childhood development […]
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If you’re so depressed you can’t get off the floor, how can you get into the confessional?
Talking about mental health isn’t easy. And when you throw faith into the mix it often becomes even harder. Many Catholics mistakenly think that needing mental health treatment amounts to a kind of spiritual failure. This week, we talk with writer Simcha Fisher, author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, about how she […]
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Why spirituality is central to understanding the Standing Rock protests
Our guest this week is Eileen Markey, the author of A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. She is also the author of America’s most recent cover article: “The Spirit of Standing Rock.” It’s the water of life, it’s waters of baptism, it’s the Jordan river. “I knew from speaking to activists and religious […]
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Father James Martin: L.G.B.T. Catholics have been treated like dirt. We can do better.
One year ago, a gunman opened fire in Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., killing 49 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. This week, Father James Martin tells us why he was disappointed with how many church leaders spoke about the attack (very few uttered the word “gay”)—and what he’s […]
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Exploring the tense relationship between Catholic Hospitals and the A.C.L.U.
Our guest this week is Stephanie Slade, a managing editor at Reason magazine and contributing writer at America. Her latest article explores the legal challenges launched by the American Civil Liberties Union against Catholic hospitals. “The A.C.L.U. has decided that the right to have an abortion or to get a sterilization procedure…is a fundamental American […]
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News cycle survival tips from an NPR reporter
If (like me) you wake up to Morning Edition, ride home to “All Things Considered” and sip your Sunday coffee over “The Puzzle,” this episode’s for you. We are talking with NPR congressional correspondent, host of the “NPR Politics Podcast” and Fordham alum Scott Detrow about how he keeps his sanity while covering the news in the […]
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Can theology cross the divide between church and state?
This week’s guest is Nichole M. Flores, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia and contributing writer at America. She recently wrote an article for America titled “In Jefferson’s Shadow: Can Catholic theology thrive at a public university?,” which explored the challenge of teaching theology at a university founded by Thomas […]
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God and War Stories
I had at least thought there would be nobility in war. I know it exists. There are so many stories, and some of them have to be true. But I see mostly normal men, trying to do good, beaten down by horror, by their inability to quell their own rages, by their masculine posturing and […]