The “struggle era” in South Africa is ending.
Civil Rights
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?”
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
Martin Luther King Jr. and the dignity of the Black Lives Matter network
To recognize the specific rights of disadvantaged people is to affirm God’s love for all people.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Polish president signs law barring some Holocaust speech
The law has fueled a diplomatic crisis with Israel, which fears it would enable Poland to whitewash the role of the Poles who killed or denounced Jews during the Holocaust.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: The Work of the Women’s March Remains Undone
The march’s rallying call last January became even more poignant in the year that followed.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Court seems divided over religious right not to sell cake for same-sex wedding
The questions in the Supreme Court oral arguments weighed anti-discrimination laws against freedom of speech and freedom of religious expression.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
D.C. archdiocese sues transit agency over rejection of Christmas season ads
The Washington Metro cited its guidelines against religious ads in preventing the image of a group of shepherds from running on city buses.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Sister Antona Ebo’s lifelong struggle against white supremacy, inside and outside the Catholic Church
On Nov. 11, the Catholic Church lost a moral titan in the long struggle for racial equality and justice in the United States.