January 2019

Claims of Catholic victimhood depart from false premises. Any analysis of racism also needs to account for historic injustices and present power dynamics

Liberation theology arose from a set of complex intellectual and social currents on both sides of the Atlantic. A new book traces the threads

We’re so used to hearing that Francis is “behind the curve” on the abuse issue. In truth, he is well ahead of it

Recent books of undercover labor journalism reveal the misery behind the material conditions most of us take for granted

The church is hardly a criminal organization, and prosecuting it under the RICO statute doesn’t make sense. Bankruptcy laws, however, offer a better way

I see the Jackson Housing project, towering seven buildings deep. Its electric lights usurp the stars on this and every other night