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The Editors: We profess that “evil and death do not have the final say.”

by The Editors October 1, 2001

Faced with the enormity of suffering and evil that we have seen in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, it is impossible to find words that are adequate to comprehend it. When we search for words to deal with this tragedy, we quickly find ourselves at a loss. In the face

Politics & Society

The Living Wage Movement: There are 20 campaigns underway in cities and counties nationwide.

by Peter J. Sammon August 26, 2000

The struggle of low-wage workers in the United States for survival stands in striking contrast to the booming economy. The stock market, occasional setbacks notwithstanding, has roared to dizzying heights. Business profits have soared. Yet minimum-wage jobs pay 30 percent less in real, inflation-adj

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Politics & Society

Religion and Politics in India

by Lancy Lobo February 19, 2000

Suppression of religious minorities and its nuclear blasts have made India visible to the world.

Editorials, Politics & Society

Homeless and Hungry

by The Editors January 29, 2000

How can it be that in this time of unprecedented prosperity for many in the United States, between 600,000 and 700,000 Americans are homeless on any given night? And that requests for both emergency shelter and food are on the increase around the country? But in fact, the 1999 Status Report on Hunge

Politics & Society, Vantage Point

The controversy over Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’

by Elias D. Mallon April 8, 1989

From 1989: The controversy surrounding ‘The Satanic Mysteries’ is a paradigm of the difficulties that have existed over the centuries between Islam and the West.