This year, Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon” turn 30 and 40, respectively. What role did the author’s conversion to Catholicism play in her writing?
Racial Justice
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Patriotism loses its meaning when it is used as a political weapon
There is nothing patriotic about a disregard for facts.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Cardinal Wuerl: ‘Evil of racism’ remains a divisive force in U.S. society
The cardinal’s pastoral letter is among the most high-profile responses from a Catholic leader to continued racial unrest.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
New ruling on 1971 death of South African anti-apartheid activist may bring belated justice
A judge has overturned a finding of suicide and ruled that Ahmed Timol was murdered by South Africa’s Security Police 45 years ago.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Catholics of color are keeping the U.S. Catholic Church alive
The Catholic Church in the United States is being transformed by its black and brown parishioners, whose numbers and voices are rising.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Are you Latino or Hispanic?
For National Hispanic Heritage month, we ask: Do you prefer “Hispanic” or “Latino”?
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Thurgood Marshall gets the superhero treatment in new biopic
He might get a shotgun escort when he leaves town, but Thurgood Marshall is the Lone Ranger of civil rights.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Can we overcome racism? Ta-Nehisi Coates grapples with white backlash to the first black president
‘We Were Eight Years in Power’ is a sort of “I told you so,” though Coates takes little pleasure in having to say it.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Goodbye Columbus Day? Why Italian-Americans deserve a better holiday
“Celebrating Columbus Day does not honor their story and their struggle and their history; it insults it.”
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
What would Thomas Merton make of Trump, climate change and Twitter?
In his position, others might have begun to hate the world. Instead, Thomas Merton found he could not leave it alone.