What do you do with the mad that you feel?

by The Editors May 3, 2017

On this week’s podcast, Matt Malone, S.J. and Tim Reidy (sitting in for Kerry Weber) discuss how the country has changed under President Trump. Ashley McKinless joins the conversation to give her input. David Dark is the special guest of this episode, and he calls in to talk about his recent article in which he […]

Donald J. Trump, Fred Rogers and Octavia Butler

Features, Politics & Society

In the age of Trump, can Mr. Rogers help us manage our anger?

by David Dark April 19, 2017

The PBS host once asked, “What do you do with the mad that you feel?” The question is as relevant as ever.

Middlebury College students turn their backs to author Charles Murray during his lecture in Middlebury, Vt. The college says it has initiated an independent investigation into the protest in which the author of a book discussing racial differences in intelligence was shouted down during the guest lecture and a professor was injured. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)

Editorials, Politics & Society

What’s the Jesuit approach to protesting controversial speakers?

by The Editors March 21, 2017

What is needed is a case for civility and engagement across the lines of ideology, race and class—grounded not just in freedom or tolerance but charity.

U.S. President Donald Trump chats with students from St. Andrew Catholic School in Orlando, Fla., on March 3. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos also joined the president. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

News, Politics & Society

What Trump’s budget could mean for school vouchers

by Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service March 20, 2017

Currently, 27 states and the District of Columbia have some type of school choice measure in place and several states have legislation on the table for it this year.

Dispatches, Faith

Former Boston College President J. Donald Monan dies at 92

by Robert David Sullivan March 18, 2017

Father Monan led the Jesuit university for 24 years.

Politics & Society, Short Take

5 tips for students engaging in politics on campus

by Bill McGarvey March 7, 2017

This sobering new reality for immigrant students presents questions and issues for all students on campus as well as those high school seniors planning to attend college in the fall.

A vigil on Jan. 30 vigil remembered the victims of a rampage at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center in Montreal on Jan. 29. Some news outlets originally reported erroneously that the suspect was a young man of Moroccan origins. (CNS photo/Dario Ayala, Reuters)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Media Nun: We need to become ‘cultural mystics’ to combat fake news

by Dean Dettloff March 7, 2017

The problem of “fake news” is dizzying for journalists and media consumers alike.

Students from various schools in the Diocese of Nashville, Tenn., provide music during a Mass on Feb. 1in celebration of Catholic Schools Week. (CNS photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register)

In All Things, Politics & Society

What Trump’s call for vouchers could mean for Catholic schools

by Kevin Clarke March 1, 2017

Throwing something of a damper on the voucher enthusiasm is a string of recent studies that have cast doubt on the impact at the individual level of choice experiments.