We cannot wish away reality with counterfactual speculation–nor should we try.
Election 2024
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Small-town Americans swung for Trump. That doesn’t mean they’ll back him at any cost.
To see what Trump 2.0’s America could look like, John W. Miller spoke to people in Punxsutawney, Pa. about how life might change for them in 2025.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What comes next? A moral theologian’s 5 post-election takeaways
Five matters have been on my mind in the weeks since Donald Trump won the 2024 U.S. presidential election, each of them connected to my work as a moral theologian.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Can Americans still communicate across difference? That’s our work—even after the 2024 election.
In the language of Catholic social teaching, we might say that voters doubt whether the political system in which they participate sustains the common good.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Understanding the Latino vote: from George Bush to Donald Trump
Many have questioned how so many Latinos could support a candidate like DonaldTrump, who promised restrictive immigration policies. “And the answer is that, of course, Latinos are complicated people.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How misogyny prevents many Catholics from accepting women in leadership
Catholic voters were a crucial part of Donald J. Trump’s re-election as president. But did misogyny and a resistance to women in power cause Catholic voters to disregard the common good?
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Interview: E.J. Dionne on the Catholic vote and the future of Catholic politics
“The Trump administration is going to present real challenges to Catholics,” E.J. Dionne says in a conversation with America.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
We are people of hope. But it’s O.K. to lament Donald Trump’s victory.
I am struggling to smile and nod and accept the message from well-intentioned people, whom I love, that everything will be fine, that I should trust in God, and not despair.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
Caesars, presidents and apostles: Viewing the presidential election from Rome
I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor endorse any particular political philosophy.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
A spiritual response to the election: What matters for young people, our faith and the future
What are our young people learning? What will we do as people of faith to actively mitigate suffering? And, finally, what about the future?