Barack Obama

Article

Nope to Hope

Ta-Nahisi Coates argues that racism–more than class, non-voters, stupidity, and unemployment–is fundamental to Trump’s victory

By Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

November 20, 2017

Domestic Affairs

U.S. Sens. Casey and Wicker applaud as President Obama speaks at National Prayer Breakfast in Washington

Article

The Democrats’ Religion Problem

A survey shows the sharp contrast between how Republicans and Democrats treat religion

July 13, 2017

Domestic Affairs

Secularism and Modernity

Image of Samuel Huntington

Article

The Unnamed Behemoth

“The evolving edifice of public intellectualism,” according to Michael C. Desch, rests on a foundation whose cement seems to be returning to sand

May 8, 2017

Paul Ryan / CNS

Article

Health Care & the Gospel

The GOP health plan did not pass the test proclaimed in the Gospel and endorsed by the pope

By Timothy Stoltzfus Jost

April 4, 2017

EPA

Article

'Alternative Facts' & Accusations

Donald Trump's reckless accusation that he was wiretapped

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

March 6, 2017

CNS photo / John Roberts

Article

Out of Luck

To support repeal of Obamacare without replacement is to support taking health care away from tens of million Americans, knowing they'll be left high and dry.

By Mollie Wilson O'Reilly

February 14, 2017

Domestic Affairs

Must Reads

Politics

The Cost of Civilization

A mark of our barbarous times has been a decades-long obsession with cutting taxes, exemplified most recently by the GOP bill signed into law one year ago

January 14, 2019

Religion

The Advent of Freedom

Advent is supposed to be a hopeful time of expectation. But this December, I sat in a hospice room waiting for my mother to die

By John Gehring

December 23, 2018

Religion

Economics as if Theology Mattered

For the church to truly transform global economic life, it needs to practice principles of self-giving, mutuality, and solidarity at the local level

By Daniel K. Finn

December 19, 2018

Culture

Complicated Sounds

A freewheeling memoir from the 1940s explores the underground world of jazz music, forcefully probing both class consciousness and racial identity

By Dominic Preziosi

December 31, 2018

Books

Christmas Critics

Smart reading suggestions for the 2018 holiday season

December 25, 2018

Books

A Literary Omnivore’s Dilemma

When it comes to reading, I am widely, not indiscriminately, enthusiastic. Winnowing down the list to just the titles below has been a challenge

By Anthony Domestico

December 22, 2018

Books

The Blackberry Patch

A short story from a new edition of Andre Dubus's fiction.

October 4, 2018

Collections

Why We Came. Why We Left. Why We Stay.

The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us

December 3, 2018

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