“Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage speaks to the horror of the Holocaust and the courage and determination of its survivors.
History
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
A backstage look at Hamilton, the musical phenomenon
It’s been 10 years since Lin-Manuel Miranda took his shot and performed at the White House Poetry Jam. We talk to Amber White, stage manager at “Hamilton” to learn more about the hit musical.
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Many Things
Reading for fun: introducing our Spring Books 2019 issue
Books for every kind of reader are featured in our Spring Books special literary issue.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What the sacking of Rome has to teach us about the fire at Notre Dame
The fire at Notre Dame raised questions about God’s protection of sacred sites. But then how could God allow the destruction of Rome just one generation after Christianity became the official religion of the Empire?
Posted inFaith, Features
Why the Catholic Church needs cathedrals
Cathedrals express our solidarity with the universal church: with those who worship in the cathedrals of Ireland and Italy, of England and Gennany, of France and the Philippines.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Eighty years later, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ is a stunning tapestry of social realism
April 14 was the 80th anniversary of the publication of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, the greatest social novel of the 20th century.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Revisiting the ‘Boys’ Life’ books of sports stories
Looking back on sports stories designed to educate a certain class of white American male into the virtues of postwar civic culture.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Timeline: 110 years of statistics in America magazine
Over the past 110 years, the U.S. Catholic population has grown from 14.3 million to 68.5 million. There have been plenty of historical firsts and statistics of note along the way; here is a selection from the archives of America magazine.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
110 years of America book reviews
America has published thousands of book reviews over 110 years…and some of them were more spot-on than others…
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Praying for peace on D-Day
From 1944: When President Roosevelt led the nation in prayer on D-Day’s night, an event unique in modern history took place.