Our measurements of poverty have changed since Robert F. Kennedy’s historic presidential campaign, but the poor and marginalized still need a champion.
US Politics
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
What is the greatest threat to democracy in the U.S.?
Ninety-one percent of respondents to our survey told us that living in a democracy was either extremely or very important to them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Remembering R.F.K, 50 Years Later
Chris Matthews’s cri de coeur for a time and a spirit that is hard to imagine now.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Puerto Rico death toll could be 70 times higher than originally reported, study says
A new study from The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the actual number of people who died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria is close to 5,000.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
How to survive Trump: End the cult of the presidency
The presidency has become a cult to which we are expected to constantly direct our attention; the result is a disenchantment with democracy.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Creeping Normalcy of School Shootings
Apparently, just about everything contributes to gun mayhem in the United States—but not the 300 million guns themselves.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
America’s editors on Irish abortions and the separation of family at the border
The news from Ireland and the United States reminds us of Herod, of Pharaoh. What culture betrays its children?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Should Catholic schools cooperate with ICE?
The Secretary of Education stirred up controversy when she said it was up to schools to decide if an undocumented student should be reported to authorities.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Shakespearian tyrants, then and now
As the reader has no doubt anticipated, Greenblatt has emulated the Shakespearean endeavor: The book is a rumination on the current president, without once mentioning the man by name.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Meet Cyrus Habib: the most interesting Catholic politician in Washington (State)
On this week’s episode, we talk with Lieutenant Governor of Washington State, Cyrus Habib.