She had no spite or worldly cunning, but she refused to massage the egos of those around her or to conceal her overwhelming belief in the rightness of her vision.

For some, coolness implies distance and detachment. But for painter Barkley L. Hendricks, it becomes a way in.

Louise Glück weaves together poetry and prayer. Kathryn Davis writes of loving, reading, dreaming, and dying. The two leave us unmoored and longing for more.

Grassroots organizing is halting nationwide efforts by legislators and lobbyists to privatize public education.

Lucille Clifton’s poetry says: I have been almost crushed by this culture’s gargantuanism and idolatry of power. I will not play your game.

The publishing industry tends to marginalize a writer like Percival Everett twice. He’s escaping confinement on the sheer brilliance of his novels.

One central problem for Christians now is how to reconcile two of the beatitudes in our lives as citizens—how to be peacemakers while also thirsting for justice.

Coal is not only worse for the planet, but also more expensive than renewables. So why are we still holding on to it?

Conceiving of our deepest selves in terms of neuroses and traumas sends us continually back on ourselves in a way that may reproduce rather than redress our anguish.

To honor those killed in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel in recent weeks, the least we can do is keep bigotry from festering and spreading in our communities.

Many people simply don’t trust that lawmakers and pro-life activists possess virtues of prudence, justice, and compassion.

If there were any doubt about whether Donald Trump still controls the GOP, the latest unruliness from Republican lawmakers should put the issue to rest.

Though Pope Francis has removed Joseph Strickland as head of the Tyler diocese, the conservative bishop’s following might only grow.

“When I started writing this review, I resolved to avoid the mawkish, almost elegiac tone that often seeps into essays about Scialabba. As you can see, I’ve failed.”