Iowa, largely white and rural, has moved right over the past decade. Yet the state’s response to the pandemic may lead to more competitive races this November.
This summer, President Andrzej Duda of Poland won re-election in two successive rounds of voting. His success represents a growing threat to Polish democracy.
This time of pandemic and mass interracial demonstrations has revealed gaping wounds in our body politic. The ancient homilist Origen can help us heal them.
As cases of the novel coronavirus rise again across the United States, we’re reminded of our mortal fragility, but also of God’s promise of eternal life.
The gift of the Holy Spirit allows us to passionately fight for the peace of Christ, a peace far greater than the one offered by oppressive authorities.
George Scialabba has provided not just a profound account of depression, but a reminder of how precarious our lives can be, and how much we need each other.
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