Malala Yousafzai: “We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We are stronger than fear, hatred, violence and poverty. My birthday wish this year is that we all raise our voices for those under oppression, to show our power and to demonstrate… Read More Quote of the Day
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pro-Life, Anti-Poverty by Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig: “If the goal really is reducing abortion and supporting the ability of mothers to care for their infants, the data directs us to a very intuitive solution: give would-be moms, especially the poorest, the financial boost they need to give… Read More Around the Web
El Salvador. Honduras. Guatemala. Three countries in Central America with increasing, rampant gang violence and homicide. These are also the 3 countries from which the greatest influx of unaccompanied minors are crossing the border, fleeing to the United States. If we look at the graph, it is clear that the increase of unaccompanied children crossing… Read More Crisis on the Border: The Global Refugee Crisis Comes to America
American soccer fans couldn’t help but cringe when the US Men’s National Soccer Team was defeated by Belgium last week and was sent back home from Brazil. A part of me was secretly hoping that this would be a historic World Cup in which the US would go farther than it ever had before in… Read More “Let the Children Come to Me” vs. Nativism
For those of us living with disability or chronic illness, Christ’s wounds are a remarkable reminder that we, too, bear the image of God. Yet the inclusion of people with disabilities in society – and even in the life of the Church – has hardly been historically constant. In the fifth century, for instance, Augustine… Read More Following Pope Francis’ Lead: Authentic Inclusion for Disabled People
Now that we are well into summer blockbuster season, I recently found myself thinking about a summer film from the past year—Marvel Comics’ Iron Man 3. Moviegoers have seen a lot of Iron Man in recent years. In addition to three Iron Man movies, Robert Downey Jr. also played the role in the box office… Read More “Hearts of Iron, Hearts of Flesh”
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Inequality Is Not Inevitable by Joseph E. Stiglitz: “The American political system is overrun by money. Economic inequality translates into political inequality, and political inequality yields increasing economic inequality.” Assisted dying is the final triumph of market capitalism by Giles Fraser: “Assisted dying is the final… Read More Around the Web
