Sugar is not the only industry that exploits Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic, but it offers a unique lens through which to understand racism and xenophobia.
Politics & Society
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Life after globalization: What to expect for higher ed, trade and the environment
Geopolitical crises and the aftereffects of Covid are prompting the United States and other nations to find alternatives to globalization in education, trade and environmental protection.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
‘We can live together’: A Palestinian doctor and political activist on Gaza, a ceasefire and the future of Israel-Palestine
“Americans should be against killing Israelis but also against killing Palestinians,” the political activist Mustafa Barghouti said in an interview with Gerard O’Connell.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘We will not be intimidated’: Bishop Seitz responds to Texas attempt to shut down Catholic nonprofit
“This is not about politics,” Bishop Seitz said. “It’s about the Gospel.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
A Ukranian Catholic priest assesses the war with Russia 2 years in: our spirit is ‘unbreakable’
“If you talk today with the widows who have lost their husbands, and mothers who have lost their sons, you will understand why Russia did not succeed.”
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Mental health and the Catholic Church: Can we have better conversations?
This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley welcome Meg Kissinger, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Physician-assisted suicide is gaining popularity. But there are better options.
Physician-assisted suicide can seem like an easy fix to a health care system reluctant to deal with end-of-life issues. But there are other options, including hospice care, that patients deserve to know about.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
An outspoken bishop is bringing hope to Catholics under attack in Myanmar
Myanmar’s church has found a powerful new voice in Bishop Shwe, who has joined his flock among the ranks of the nation’s displaced people.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are children under wrongful death law
An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos qualify as children under state law has raised complex legal questions about artificial reproductive practices opposed by the Catholic Church.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
Walter Ciszek, the Soviet gulag and American freedoms
The death yesterday in a Russian penal colony of Alexei Navalny might naturally bring to mind the story of Walter Ciszek, S.J., the famed American Jesuit who spent 23 years in Soviet captivity.