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By Mary Christine Athans (Orbis, 2013) This scholarly study is a valuable contribution to the body of works aimed at finding Miriam of...
New laws restricting voting rights hit African Americans and the poor particularly hard. That, of course, is no coincidence. Two dozen fragile, white-haired...
Oscar Romero, now back on the path to sainthood, was called to conversion by ordinary Salvadorans. Among the welcome news coming on the heels of Pope Francis’...
When the rich get richer and the poor struggle to stay afloat, someone has to step in and level the playing field. And according to economist Charles Clark, no...
Buyer beware: That low-priced shirt might have cost someone their life. New York City made it easier to eat healthier a few years ago by requiring that calorie...
Camera Obscura (4AD, 2013) Beauty is worth waiting for, as is joy. The Scottish band Camera Obscura’s magnificent album My Maudlin Career was released to...
By Garry Wills (Viking, 2013) One of the church’s most noted inside critics, historian Garry Wills, shows no signs of slowing at nearly 80 years old. In...
While the history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 truly begins with the founding of the United States, the common practice of slavery, and the Civil War, the...
By Faythe Levine & Sam Macon (Radar Studios, 2013) A commercial building in my neighborhood recently underwent renovations to transform the space into a...
