In Tommy Orange’s debut novel, Oakland becomes a character as much as any of Orange’s other individuals: regularly erupting into violence, steadily erasing the history of its impoverished citizens who jump from apartment to apartment, existing in a series of “long, grey streets” that seem to go nowhere when you’re a kid on a bike pedaling around.
Indigenous peoples
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Lakota and Catholic: Jesuit education on the Pine Ridge Reservation
This week, we talk with Maka Clifford of the Red Cloud Indian School in South Dakota.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
New book alleges that Canadian police favor mining interests over indigenous peoples
Carleton University researchers say that Canadian mining companies are taking advantage of anti-terrorism tactics to suppress legitimate political protest.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trial for the murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres set to begin despite mishandling of evidence
Honduran authorities have put the trial for the murder of an environmental and indigenous rights activist at risk by refusing to analyze and share key evidence.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘The Rider’ reveals the sacred relationship between a horse and rider
The acclaimed new film takes place on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation where I grew up and competed in rodeos.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Death toll from a volcano eruption in Guatemala may far exceed the official count
The Fuego volcano eruption destroyed properties recently sold to indigenous Guatemalans for subsistence farming.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Canadian Catholics grapple with a history of “whitewashing” indigenous children
Canada has begun truth-seeking and reconciliation, and the Sisters of Charity in Nova Scotia are confronting their order’s role in a racist educational system.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Meet the Hawaiian women leading the fight against a $1.4 billion telescope on a sacred mountain
The Thirty Meter Telescope would cover six acres on Mauna Kea, one of the most sacred places in Hawaii, and women are leading the resistance.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why Catholics should care that wilderness preserves in Utah are shrinking
Preserving wilderness areas is a way to preserve the idea of the sacred. But the Trump administration is seeking a huge reduction in protected land.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Native Americans deserve tribal recognition
The Trump administration shows a lack of respect for the sovereignty of Native American nations.