If we expect law enforcement personnel to do their jobs properly, radical change is necessary.
Social Justice
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We need an older and wiser Occupy movement in the age of Trump
A veteran activist provides a blueprint for creating a movement in the moment of Trump.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Adoption groups can legally deny non-Christians, if Texas measures pass
Many state-funded Texas adoption and foster care agencies routinely deny non-Christian, gay, and unmarried applicants on religious grounds.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The Rich We Will Always Have With Us
On measures of well-being, residents of the United States fare worse than residents of countries like Canada, Sweden or Japan, all of which are less wealthy but more equal.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A new path for unions in America
In ‘Beyond 15,’ Jonathan Rosenblum scolds Barack Obama for being “more invested in bailing out the financial sector than in expending political capital for workers’ rights.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Emmett Till: the lynching that shook the conscience of the world
One cannot begin to understand the current deterioration of American race relations without confronting the enduring realities of white supremacy present in the case of Emmett Till.
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
The Return of James Baldwin
A discerning critic of the American project has become a prophet for our time.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Not Like Mike: the Chicago Bull who became a social justice activist
Hodges expresses his disappointment at his teammates for what he saw as their lack of political consciousness.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Finding the Catholic Voices in Social Justice Poetry
Who are the literary heirs to Father Dan Berrigan?
Posted inArts & Culture, Video
Philip Metres, Poet
A profile of Philip Metres, poet and the 2015 recipient of the George Hunt Prize