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April 2021

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Shades of Suffering

To fully grasp the extent of Goya’s achievements, one must consider his drawings and prints.

By Alejandro Anreus

April 8, 2021

Arts

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Minds Without Brains?

AI has not yet lived up to its hype, but there is already cause for concern about its influence.

By John W. Farrell

April 5, 2021

Secularism and Modernity

Philosophy

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What We’ve Been Missing

This year has taught us in an unprecedented way what it means to hope for resurrection.

By Roberto J. De La Noval

April 3, 2021

Lent

Spirituality

Coronavirus

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‘A Providentialism Without God’

Three new books interrogate America’s most cherished illusion.

By Eugene McCarraher

March 29, 2021

Education

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Against Lying

How can we make our Church a “living witness to truth” amid an epidemic of lies?

By Rita Ferrone

March 24, 2021

Election 2020

U.S. Catholicism

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Stopping the Vote

In the wake of Biden’s victory, Republicans have undertaken a fierce assault on voting rights.

By Matthew Sitman

March 23, 2021

Domestic Affairs

Election 2020

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Biden & the Border

It’s not true that the Democrats have “no good options” on immigration.

March 22, 2021

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Condemning Myanmar’s Coup

Despite violent military retaliation, citizens in Myanmar continue to protest, demanding a return to democracy.

By Isabella Simon

March 20, 2021

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Asia

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Going Big

The many beneficial provisions of the American Rescue Plan remind people of the good that the government can do.

By The Editors

March 18, 2021

Joe Biden

Coronavirus

Economy

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An Uncommon Tendency

At the London Review of Books, Mary-Kay Wilmers discovered her rhythm as an author, and helped others discover theirs as an editor.

By Anthony Domestico

March 14, 2021

Media

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A Welcome Interruption

A new book by John Cornwell describes the welcome interruption of Francis’s papacy.

March 9, 2021

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Why They Loved Him

Being a soccer genius set Diego Maradona on a pedestal above his community—and he paid a steep price for that distance.

By Santiago Ramos

March 6, 2021

Sports

Latin America

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Refounding Chicago

How Chicago’s neighborhoods and parishes have been shaped and reshaped by the contributions of Mexican-American Catholics

By Milton Javier Bravo

March 4, 2021

Latin America

U.S. Catholicism

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The Extremely Online Mind

Patricia Lockwood’s new novel explores life, neither online nor offline, but simply with the internet.

By Katie Daniels

March 3, 2021

Media

Books

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Experiments in Self-Reliance

Thoreau’s life is a lesson not in self-reliance, but in discerning whom and what to rely on, whether you’re one person or a state of 29 million.

By Jonathan Malesic

February 24, 2021

Domestic Affairs

Philosophy

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Why the Farmers Are Angry

In India, new laws would make farmers vulnerable to massive corporations and exacerbate the country’s income inequality.

By Jo McGowan

February 23, 2021

India

Foreign Affairs

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A Wicked Impunity

The Supreme Court must hold American corporations accountable for their actions in perpetrating human-rights abuses abroad.

By Fernando C. Saldivar

February 19, 2021

Social Justice

Supreme Court

Foreign Affairs

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Tell Me Your Story

For Maria Hinojosa, journalism requires shedding light on the people who have been ignored by mainstream narratives.

April 6, 2021

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Last Men and Women

Nietzsche was wrong about liberal democracy. Was he right about the kind of people it might produce?

By George Scialabba

April 1, 2021

Secularism and Modernity

Philosophy

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Poem | El Niño

“Then the soft face of El Niño called / Her, and she turned to follow Him”

By Diane Scharper

March 24, 2021

Poetry

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Poem | I Confess

“But everyone liked the poem. / thought it was inspired. Maybe genius”

By Stephen Rybicki

March 24, 2021

Poetry

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Poem | Climate Signals, Sunset Park

“The traffic sign flashes / pointillistic messages / into the sloping night”

By John Linstrom

March 24, 2021

Poetry

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Poem | Besides

“there’s never-heaven always in my hand / reminding me my fingers have no grip / on Heaven ever”

By Peter Cooley

March 23, 2021

Poetry

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I don’t know why there is pain and suffering and evil in the world, but I do know—if we’re quiet enough and patient enough with it—there is opportunity there. And therein, I think, lies God.

Letters | Love Transcending Law

By The Editors

March 22, 2021

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