Colin Kaepernick—the very mention of his name elicits strong reactions from football fans. Last August, as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in protest of ongoing police violence against black men and women around the country. The decision sparked considerable controversy and has likely cost Kaepernick his… Read More Colin Kaepernick’s Opposition is an Act of Solidarity
“Okay, mijo, make the number three with your fingers and hold them together.” My grandfather’s hard, gruff voice could cause a nine-year-old to quiver. “Place your fingers at the bottom of the glass, like this,” he guides my hand to do what he’s describing. The familiar smell of Old Spice and tobacco bookmarks this moment… Read More When I Drink
Eric LeCompte is the executive director of Jubilee USA. Millennial editor Robert Christian interviewed him on his work to address global inequality and build an economy that serves all persons, particularly the poor and vulnerable. What does Jubilee USA do? Ahead of the Jubilee Year, when Christian churches were preparing to celebrate the 2000th Anniversary… Read More Building an Economy that Serves and Uplifts the Vulnerable: An Interview with Eric LeCompte
Being a news junkie today is to be hit daily by an avalanche of bad news, a lot of it sensationalistic. News of mass shootings, deportations of the parents of young children, and the rise in hateful speech – so casually spewed – often overwhelm me. That is not to say that I am unaware of… Read More A Message of Hope in the Desert of Fear
In recent years, we have seen the narrowing of the American middle class and diminished social mobility as economic inequality balloons, the intensification of consumerism, the rise of an opioid crisis, the breakdown of family stability among working class Americans, the resurgence of ugly forms of populism, and the general fraying of communal bonds. Many… Read More We Need a Revolution in Solidarity
Millennial‘s Daniel Petri interviews Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng on the death of his friend and fellow activist Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and the future of the Chinese democracy and human rights movement: Read more about Liu Xiaobo’s life and death (via NY Times): Liu Xiaobo, the renegade Chinese intellectual who kept… Read More Chen Guangcheng on the Death of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo
It might seem odd to ask how Rod Dreher’s book The Benedict Option relates to the Catholic Church’s teachings on what it means to be a member of the laity. After all, the book is directed at Christian laypersons, proposing a plan of life for laypersons in a post-Christian society and discussing issues such as… Read More Vatican II Calls the Laity to Go Beyond the Benedict Option
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