The new documentary ‘Hesburgh’ highlights stories of bridge building by the legendary university president
Civil Rights
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Chicago’s lay Catholics and civil rights
Karen J. Johnson focuses on the minority of white Catholics who felt that racial equality was a moral and religious, not merely political, issue.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
John LaFarge on the March on Washington
On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. America editor John LaFarge, S.J., was there.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Birthright citizenship is essential to our ideal of equality before the law
Attempting to end birthright citizenship would be disastrous for a nation whose success has turned on its ability to incorporate immigrants.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This week #BlackLivesMatter turned 5. Catholics must continue to embrace its mission.
The Catholic Church has renewed efforts to fight racism in the U.S., but Black Lives Matter deserves credit for keeping our attention on racial justice.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We have to remember our national sins on Independence Day—but without despair
Our love of America should not be blinkered or unmindful. We must face the failures to live up to our commitments squarely and without stint.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The death of Winnie Mandela marks the end of an era
The “struggle era” in South Africa is ending.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How Pope Francis carries on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of Christian nonviolence
“For Christians, nonviolence is not merely tactical behavior but a person’s way of being.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Martin Luther King Jr. and today’s road to Jericho
When we say we do not want to live in this time, we are acting more like the priest than like the Samaritan.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
To honor Rev. King, ‘deepen’ commitment to work for justice, bishops urge
In reflecting on Rev. King’s life and work, “what are we being asked to do for the sake of our brother or sister who still suffers under the weight of racism?”