A Czech priest and writer, Fr. Tomáš Halík served as a spokesperson for the church during the Velvet Revolution. His autobiography is now available in English.
Joanna Kavenna’s latest dystopian novel tackles surveillance capitalism and artificial intelligence with sharp satire, intelligence, and faith in the human spirit.
Dorothea Lange’s life of looking at others, especially those harmed by unjust systems, helped her see that victims were more than just their socioeconomic scars.
This year, global carbon emissions could drop 8 percent, the largest reduction since 2008. But with Trump in office, don’t count on permanent improvement.
While flawed, the 1619 Project is a first step toward disenthralling ourselves from an imagined past of America as history’s designated instrument of liberation.
Mary Ward’s trajectory proves an axiom in church history: it is often those who suffer humbly and patiently from the church’s contradictions who end up redeeming it.
Attorney General William Barr is a disgrace, subordinating the impartiality and professionalism of the Justice Department to President Trump’s political needs.
A desert locust infestation now threatens the food security of East Africa, a region that was already contending with intense drought, floods, heavy rains, and war.
The Mexican government has already ordered people to stay home, with Mexico City under lockdown. But in a small pueblo in the south, life continues as before.
