Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Republican and a Democrat confront our era of bad vibes by E.J. Dionne: “If that sounds grand or even theological, the specific forms of suffering that alarm Murphy and Cox are tangible and heartbreaking — from “deaths of despair” caused by suicide and drug overdoses… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Theology of Social Democracy by Anthony Annett: “The two original pillars of social democracy were the welfare state and labor power. We need to restore both of those. We need a robust welfare state—funded by taxes on income, wealth, and inheritance—to protect people from economic… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: America Unraveled by Ian Marcus Corbin: “In the meantime, we also need renewed visions in our communities — our churches, families, neighborhoods and schools. Like MLK in Birmingham jail, Christ in the desert, Thoreau at Walden Pond or Dostoevsky in Siberia, we need leaders who can… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Universities Are Failing at Inclusion by David Brooks: “Pluralists seek to replace the demonizing, demeaning and dividing ethos with one that encourages respect, relationships and cooperation. Pluralists believe that people’s identities are complex and shifting, that most human beings shouldn’t be divided into good/evil categories, that… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as rising antisemitism and Islamophobia: What Hamas Wants by Yair Rosenberg: “Many got Hamas wrong. But they shouldn’t have. Again and again, people say they intend to murder Jews. And yet, century after century, the world produces new, tortuous justifications… Read More Around the Web: Israel-Palestine

Check out these recent articles from around the web: What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate by McKay Coppins: “One Republican congressman confided to Romney that he wanted to vote for Trump’s second impeachment, but chose not to out of fear for his family’s safety. The congressman reasoned that Trump would be impeached by House… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: How America Got Mean by David Brooks: “We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration. Our society has become one in which people feel licensed to give their selfishness free rein. The story I’m… Read More Around the Web