Immigrants may seem like a powerless population, but community organizer Ana Garcia-Ashley believes that together they can be a force for positive change. As a...
Activism
By Sister Simone Campbell, S.S.S. (HarperOne, 2014) Sister of Social Service Simone Campbell offers an exhilarating narrative of her remarkable life journey to...
If a community wants things to change, sometimes they have to be willing to get together and track mud on the carpets of city hall. While growing up in the...
Directed by Diego Luna (Lionsgate, 2014) If you’re old enough to remember the United Farm Workers (UFW) grape boycotts that began in 1965, stretching...
Undaunted by the obstacles of life as an undocumented immigrant, Ana Aguayo has become a voice for the voiceless. Shooting stars punctuated the night sky in...
Peace activist John Dear’s departure from the Jesuits calls to mind our need for modern prophets. On a recent trip from Chicago to Charlotte, North Carolina, I...
Muhammad Ali downed some of the best boxers of all time, but his battle with the Supreme Court truly cemented his legacy. First a warning, or a reassurance:...
A determined group of Catholics scored a major victory when the closing of their parishes was overturned. But getting their churches reopened was only half the...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a city of great cultural diversity. I arrived here after working for 10 years with undocumented immigrants in Tennessee and...
New laws restricting voting rights hit African Americans and the poor particularly hard. That, of course, is no coincidence. Two dozen fragile, white-haired...
