On Nov. 11, the Catholic Church lost a moral titan in the long struggle for racial equality and justice in the United States.

The president’s campaign to define—and enforce—patriotism poses constitutional questions for chief executives and football players alike.

Daniel Berrigan, S.J., went from a poet to an activist, and turned activism into poetry.

Last month, Jason Stockley, the white police officer who killed Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old black man, was acquitted. How did the city of St. Louis respond?

On Twitter, the president even called him an “American Patriot.”

Two elections this month in eastern and central Africa—in Kenya and Rwanda—have brought out tensions and contradictions in the continent’s democratic process.