Welcome back to “America Jeopardy!”, our annual beach-reading homage to the popular game show and everybody’s favorite Catholic magazine.

Ross Douthat explores the cultural, economic and political torpor that he thinks has emerged in the United States over the last half-century.

The events of 2020 show that Americans still struggle to achieve social justice, writes Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia in a July 4 reflection. Yet we can take note of what we have survived so far.

Ted Gioia's new treatise on music and musicians covers everything from the Big Bang to gangsta rap.

Leslie Woodcock Tentler's new book is both a rigorous and laudable effort to cure American Catholics of the illusion that our desires have no history.

Can the humanities help us find intellectual, emotional and spiritual shelter during our present time of crises?