Check out these recent articles from around the web: Yes, It’s Fascism by Jonathan Rauch: “Over Trump’s past year, what originally looked like an effort to make the government his personal plaything has drifted distinctly toward doctrinal and operational fascism. Trump’s appetite for lebensraum, his claim of unlimited power, his support for the global far… Read More Around the Web
Nonviolent resistance scholar Maria J. Stephan talks about things regular citizens can do to push back against government aggression without the threat or use of violence:
Pope Leo XIV: “When the fragility of others penetrates our hearts, when their pain shatters our rigid certainties, then peace has already begun. The peace of God is born from a newborn’s cry that is welcomed, from weeping that is heard. It is born amidst ruins that call out for new forms of solidarity. It… Read More Quote of the Day
Imagine being a basketball player and Klay Thompson or Larry Bird tells you that he likes the form of your jump shot. That is what it felt like as a writer to receive a compliment from John Allen, the esteemed Catholic journalist who died earlier today. One of the great honors I had when I… Read More A Tribute to John Allen (1965-2026), Legendary Catholic Journalist
About eight years ago, I was making a presentation on the topic of religion and democracy to some grantees and partners at Democracy Fund. During my presentation, a colleague texted our team group chat and joked, “Find yourself someone who looks at you the way John Carr looks at Chris while he’s presenting. He’s so… Read More Thank You, John Carr
via Ruth Graham of the NY Times: The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. Their critique of the Trump administration’s principles —… Read More Prominent Cardinals Denounce Trump’s Immoral Foreign Policy
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