Check out these recent articles from around the web: As 2016 presidential race looms, which party is more divided? by Michael Sean Winters: “‘In the spring of 2014, those who control the party’s money spigots — and thereby those who direct campaigning nationwide — made the decision to forego the issues of income inequality and… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)

Check out these recent articles from around the web: MSW’s Top 7 Stories of 2014 by Michael Sean Winters: “Sometimes the Republicans champion it, at least when we are discussing wallets, and sometimes the Democrats champion it, at least when we are discussing sexual mores and pot legalization. It is dangerous and deadly and I… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pope Francis’ Address to the Curia by Michael Sean Winters: “The radicalness of Pope Francis’ vision is the claim that the real work of the Church is done in the world, ministering to those who are bruised and hurting, and challenging those who have lost the… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Paid Maternity Leave Is Good for Business by Susan Wojcicki: “Support for motherhood shouldn’t be a matter of luck; it should be a matter of course. Paid maternity leave is good for mothers, families and business. America should have the good sense to join nearly every… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: America’s working families: Divided we fall by Michael Stafford: “More than six years have passed since the financial crisis, but its effects are still being felt. For most Americans, the economy remains a grim and frightening place — a source of anxiety, instead of hope.” The… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Word Made Toddler by Timothy O’Malley: “But what makes walking with my son so utterly slow is his total absorption in every facet of reality. Leaves are not merely to be walked upon but inspected as if every one of them is the very first… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: On Gratitude by Michael Sean Winters: “Gratitude is not a fleeting emotion, but a statement of faith, a stance born of faith and demanded by faith and blessed by faith. It is gratitude that allows us to bury old friends and welcome new ones, to receive… Read More Around the Web