Author - Kevin Clarke

Kevin Clarke is the chief correspondent for America magazine and author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).

Will teach for tenure

Glaring double standards on workers' rights are far from a class act. When you think of the typical college professor the image of a tweed-afflicted...

The drone wars

High-tech warfare administers death from a great distance. We heard a lot over the early years of the late (once and future?) War on Terror about weapons of...

When enough is enough

Why a future of endless economic growth is not the cure for what ails the earth. After wandering around an academic wilderness for 30 or so years, a fella...

¡Romero vive!

“The harvest comes because of the grain that dies.” One year shy of 30 years ago on March 24, 1980, standing before the altar of a small hospital...

Good eatin’

A hot dog tastes better when served with a side of justice. 'We answer to a higher authority” is the tagline for Hebrew National’s famously...

Reality bites back

New show ideas are endless—and depressing—when real life is the true basis of TV. Thank you, Heidi Montag and your castmates—I mean...

Paper chase

The right paperwork can save lives among the world’s stateless people. After a record turnout of nearly 60 million Americans marched through voting...