The president had become a staple of our family dinner conversations. Then something clicked.
US Politics
Posted inPolitics & Society
My father was pulled over by I.C.E. agents the same day Charlottesville happened.
Last week, as events unfolded in Charlottesville, Va., my black Dominican father was pulled over by I.C.E.
Posted inFaith, News
New Jersey mayor orders Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine removed from state land
The shrine was a symbol of hope for many Hispanic Catholics
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Is affordable health care possible?
Health care is market-driven, yet the health care market is unlike other markets.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
I’m a conservative Latina. Is there a place for me in Trump’s Republican Party after Charlottesville?
In the face of an emboldened white supremacy movement, I find the defensive posture of some conservatives more and more trying.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A lesson from Pope Francis for Miami’s gridlocked roads
South Florida may be known for its beaches, but it is also notorious for traffic and road rage.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The long, ugly history of segregated housing
Government action at every level has caused segregated housing and its ugly effects in the United States.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Thousands of faith leaders ask Congress to protect Johnson Amendment
“Changing the law would threaten the integrity and independence of houses of worship,” reads the letter faith leaders sent to protect church-state separation.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Charlottesville and Trump: A spiritual exercise for the overwhelmed and exhausted
How do you continue to “bear witness” when every three or four days there is another crisis?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
An open letter to Trump voters from a concerned Catholic priest
I have read about you in the papers and seen you on television. But the reality is I still do not understand you.