The combination of religious faith and prophetic political action that marked César Chávez’s hunger strikes would become typical of many other moments in his long career as a labor organizer turned American icon.
Social Justice
Posted inFaith, Short Take
ChatGPT is not ‘artificial intelligence.’ It’s theft.
Calling programs like ChatGPT “artificial intelligence” grants them a claim to authorship that is simply untrue.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Jordan Neely’s killing on the New York subway reminds us: Dehumanizing language can be fatal
Two recent tragedies, a death on a New York city subway train and a mass shooting in Texas, show that too many of us follow the temptation to describe others as less than human.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What if I’m wrong? A necessary question for every politician and voter
Anyone involved in choosing public policy, directly or indirectly, must consider the possibility that the wrong option will actually make a problem worse.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Sargent Shriver and the ‘Catholic streak’ that modern politics needs
In ‘Spiritualizing Politics Without Politicizing Religion,’ James R. Price and Kenneth R. Melchin argue that we need Sargent Shriver’s “Catholic streak” now more than ever to break through what they call the “fog of the contemporary culture wars.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Two novels about women of laughter and resilience
In ‘How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water’ by Angie Cruz and ‘Factory Girls’ by Michelle Gallen, readers encounter female protagonists who are smart, tough, hilarious survivors.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Pope Benedict XVI: Social justice warrior?
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with John Carr, founder of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, about Pope Benedict’s under-appreciated contributions to Catholic social teaching.
Posted inFaith, Letters
Letter to the Editor: Correcting a common misconception about the U.S.C.C.B
Social justice issues, including climate change, consume not only the majority of our public relations, but also our staffing resources at the U.S.C.C.B.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Interview: Jesuit Father David Neuhaus says Jerusalem ‘is like a powder keg waiting to explode!’
“Jerusalem, especially the Old City with its shrines holy to Muslims, Jews and Christians, is like a powder keg waiting to explode! However, until it does explode, many prefer to simply ignore it.”
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Is the extended synod on synodality becoming a ‘Vatican III’?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle explain the pope’s reasoning behind his decision to extend the synod.