On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic peace activists burned draft files in an act of protest against the Vietnam War. This excerpt from America’s report of the trial (10/26/68) relates a “most unusual colloquy” between the defendants and the judge.
Landrieu’s push to remove Confederate statues is told through the lens of New Orleans's chronic inability to address race and poverty.
Michael Ondaatje's new novel blends elements of John le Carré and Joseph Conrad.
In a new book, Helen Alvaré argues that a just society defends and protects its children from harms of all kinds.
“In making these paintings,“ wrote Wood, “I had in mind something which I hope to convey to a fairly wide audience in America—the picture of a country rich in the arts of peace; a homely, lovable nation, infinitely worthy of any sacrifice necessary to its preservation.”
The highly visual culture of Catholicism is a natural influence for all manner of artists, fashion designers not exempted.