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Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
When you think of Los Angeles it rsquo s hard not to think of the movies It is the cornerstone industry of this city And yet in some significant ways Los Angeles today is not really a ldquo movie rdquo city Yes we all turn up for the latest blockbuster just like everyone else And more than
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
“Strolling” positions people of African descent not as victims or stakes.
Upstaged? Droid characters from "Star Wars," BB-8, from left, R2-D2, and C-3PO speak at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Why must genre films like “Star Wars,” “The Matrix” or “Blade Runner” always be discounted?
A Future She Believes In. Sanders in South Carolina (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
'Bernie Sanders is honest. I 100 percent trust him. He’s transparent: I know where his money comes from.'
Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in this Oct. 23 file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Trouble roils around Head of the Vatican Bank Cardinal George Pell.
Signs Of the Times
Jim McDermott
Twenty-five years after the videotaped beating of Rodney King on March 3, 1991, caused a national sensation, little is reported about similar specific acts of police brutality in Los Angeles, which may very well be a sign of the progress that has been made.And yet shootings by police in Los Angeles
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
What the church could learn from “Horace and Pete”
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Shootings by police in Los Angeles County nearly doubled in the last year, from 23 to 45 cases, 19 of them fatal.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
The thing is, this year it really is too early to start thinking about Lent.
Signs Of the Times
Jim McDermott
The Diocese of San Bernadino finds itself on the cutting edge.