We talk to Benjamin Francis-Fallon about his new book, The Rise of the Latino Vote. And the Commonweal staff speaks about what they witnessed at the border in El Paso, Texas.
Guadalupe began as a paradoxical figure, both symbol of indigenous faith and tool of colonialist oppression. Now, she demands we listen to the poor and marginalized.
Educated by Irish Catholic missionaries, Robert Mugabe helped Zimbabwe create a new middle class. But in his refusal to relinquish power, he committed atrocities.
Famed documentarian Ken Burns traces the long and complex history of country music, revealing old American tensions between personal and collective freedom.
I’m nineteen years old, the year is 1958, and I’ve already made it through the first nine months of probation. More than anything in the world I want to be a saint.
Supporters of the electoral college are implicitly arguing that states with a higher percentage of white, non-Hispanic voters should choose who becomes president
Why did so many descendants of Ellis Island immigrants vote for a president whose speech echoes 1920s eugenicists? A new book traces the rise of ‘scientific’ racism.
Making real progress toward racial justice requires the input of all Americans, including the so-called ‘privileged’ side. We need alliances, not recriminations.
The case of the Central Park Five shows that the legal profession needs reform. It must do more to hold itself accountable when it reaches provably unjust verdicts.
African influence is resurgent in world fashion, music, visual arts, and, increasingly, literature. Two new novels demonstrate the continent’s cultural vitality.
The Jesuit theologian has recently come under fire for his supposed racism and support of eugenics; but great religious thinkers must be read with care and precision
Claims of Catholic victimhood depart from false premises. Any analysis of racism also needs to account for historic injustices and present power dynamics
The work of the twentieth-century Jesuit theologian provides a theological critique of ethno-nationalism, and serves as a model for resisting racism today
Sister Diana Muñoz Alba challenged the UN, religious leaders, U.S. and Mexican governments, and all of us to do more to prevent the suffering of migrants.
