Article Conscience & Confidence The Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters stood up for themselves, and for social justice, in the vibrant L.A. culture of the 1960s. By Anna Harrison August 18, 2021 Religious Life Movies Women in the Church
Article Persuading Anti-vaxxers What comparison captures both the individual and communal benefits of vaccines? Traffic laws. By Michael Peppard August 16, 2021 Coronavirus
Article Shaman & Scapegoat Perhaps more than any of the other celebrated pop stars of his time, Jim Morrison understood that one day the party would end. By Santiago Ramos August 15, 2021 Music Rock-and-roll
Article An Impossible Job Rosa Brooks’s book shows that she is the rare individual who, by upbringing and career, is able to comprehend both activists and police officers. By Margaret O’Brien Steinfels August 14, 2021 Race Nonfiction Domestic Affairs
Article ‘Barbed-Wire Sunday’ Sixty years ago, in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 13, East Germany was enclosed in a barbed-wire prison. By John Rodden August 13, 2021 History
Feature The Art of Survival An HBO docuseries and a new memoir reimagine popular accounts of abusive artists from the perspective of survivors. By Hannah Gold August 12, 2021 Nonfiction Movies Arts
Article Critical Loitering Michael Hofmann’s writing is elegant, funny, and very strange, less interested in synthesis than exploration. By Anthony Domestico August 12, 2021 Poetry
Article Internal Affairs The unexpected history (and consequences) of our modern understanding of conscience By Bernard G. Prusak August 11, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Nonfiction Theology
Article Your Lebanon & Mine In Lebanon, hyperinflation, an influx of refugees, and complete political collapse have created a dangerous crisis. By Joseph Phillip Amar August 10, 2021 Middle East War and Peace Foreign Affairs
Article Stirring the Embers of Faith Biographer Richard Greene draws out the facts behind Graham Greene’s fictions. By Gerald J. Russello August 8, 2021 Books Culture Spirituality
Article Things Objects in a novel or story are created, chosen, and hand-delivered by the author, and as such they all quiver with meaning. By Alice McDermott August 7, 2021 Fiction Books The Last Word
Article ‘Show Me Your Dantes’ An excerpt from Randy Boyagoda’s forthcoming novel, ‘Dante’s Indiana’ By Randy Boyagoda August 6, 2021 Books Fiction Culture
Article The Informer in Your Pocket The terms of service of nearly every app make personal data commercially available. By Patrick Juola August 5, 2021 Technology
Article Loving Herself, Regardless Biles’s unwillingness to “power through” was a “no” to the sanctification of grit and the legacy of abuse faced by both U.S. gymnasts and Black women. By Susan Bigelow Reynolds August 4, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Sexual-abuse Crisis Sports
Article A Sanctioned Crisis The U.S. sanctions on Cuba are devastating, indiscriminate, and nearly comprehensive, affecting the daily lives of millions of citizens. By Joy Gordon August 3, 2021 Foreign Affairs Latin America