The president’s campaign to define—and enforce—patriotism poses constitutional questions for chief executives and football players alike.
Civil Rights
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Daniel in the lions’ den: A Berrigan biography
Daniel Berrigan, S.J., went from a poet to an activist, and turned activism into poetry.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
If St. Louis is the “new Selma,” what role will Catholics play in racial reconciliation?
Last month, Jason Stockley, the white police officer who killed Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old black man, was acquitted. How did the city of St. Louis respond?
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
What does the Arpaio pardon mean for the future of civil rights?
On Twitter, the president even called him an “American Patriot.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Making sense of the tension and contradictions in Kenya and Rwanda’s elections
Two elections this month in eastern and central Africa—in Kenya and Rwanda—have brought out tensions and contradictions in the continent’s democratic process.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Trump’s “us-versus-them” rhetoric hurts police and black lives
Brutality, corruption and an “us-versus-them” mentality in the ranks undermine what is for many officers a sincere vocation to protect and serve.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
All U.S. Catholics are called to oppose mass deportations under Trump. Here’s why.
Bishops must lead by example and facilitate the involvement of Catholics in supporting vulnerable immigrant families.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
‘Act justly, love goodness’: Black Catholics in America
The Catholic Church in the United States boasts 71 million members, 2.9 million of whom are black. Representatives from that vibrant community met in Orlando in July for the National Black Catholic Congress. The event concluded with the prophet Micah’s call to “act justly, love goodness and walk humbly with your God.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Theresa May’s abandonment of human rights plays into terrorists’ hands
At the end of her election campaign, the British prime minister made ominous comments about curtailing civil liberties.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Why indigenous leaders and Canadian Catholics still want an apology from Pope Francis
Prime Minister Trudeau wants the Vatican to address the legacy of Catholic-run residential schools where indigenous children suffered abuse.