Watch Millennial writer Nichole Flores in a recent Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life panel at Georgetown University. The panel explored the political and religious dynamics of the 2024 US presidential election.

Millennial writer Meghan Clark is quoted extensively in a recent OSV News article at NCR: Meghan J. Clark, an associate professor of moral theology at St. John’s University in the Queens borough of New York and the author of “The Vision of Catholic Social Thought: The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights,”… Read More Walz, Vance, and Catholic Social Teaching

In her newsletter Granola, Gracy Olmstead writes: When I first started working as a journalist in Washington, D.C., I was required to publish 3-5 articles a week. They were not usually long, but the output required a constant scouring of the internet for any possible leads or “hooks” one might use for a story. My… Read More Post Less, Think More

Kathleen Bonnette writes: “The Authoritarian Playbook,” a report released in 2022 by the nonpartisan organization Protect Democracy, offers an evaluative framework for answering these questions. It identifies seven tactics through which “would-be authoritarians pursue power” and cause democratic systems to “backslide towards more authoritarian forms of government.” Because modern Western autocrats rarely come to power… Read More 7 signs of Authoritarianism from Trump’s GOP

via The Center for Christianity & Public Life: Journalist and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Liz Bruenig sat down with Michael Wear at the Center for Christianity and Public Life’s inaugural summit, For the Good of the Public. The Center for Christianity and Public Life is a nonpartisan institution in Washington D.C. with the mission to contend… Read More Why the Death Penalty is Incompatible with Human Dignity

via the Vatican: Second, do not forget the poorest and the discarded. The “circular economy” has become a buzzword, calling for the reuse and recycling of waste. But while we recycle discarded materials and waste, we have not yet learnt – allow me the expression – to “recycle” and not discard people, workers, especially the… Read More Pope Francis: Be Wary of ‘Meritocracy’ Used to Legitimize Exclusion

via NBC News: Males are falling behind women, academically. Millions of boys are losing social skills while turning to social media apps and influencers. NBC News’ Stephanie Ruhle moderates a discussion with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Richard Reeves and Michael Strautmanis on how to curb male loneliness and establish healthy gender norms.