In the throes of the Salvadoran Civil War, St. Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered because he stood with his people against oppression. Prior to his death...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
Exactly one year ago, the pandemic ended the weekly way of the cross and other Lenten activities that required in-person gathering at the parish of Betty...
This past summer, Tom Cotton, a renowned Republican senator from Arkansas, fought against the proposal to give Black Americans reparations and work toward...
This Black History Month, it is time to shine a spotlight on the Black experience in America. On top of COVID-19 and the racial disparities in economics...
Bishop Edward K. Braxton, bishop emeritus of Belleville, Illinois, says that today’s society uses the word racism too freely. It is used to refer to anything...
Recently, thousands of people in more than 2,500 U.S. cities and 20 countries worldwide took to the streets to protest longstanding systemic injustice and...
Have you ever played Monopoly; you know that quintessential American game about buying properties and amassing wealth? The website Teaching Tolerance offers a...
On an October afternoon in Ohio, more than 100 University of Dayton students gathered on campus and virtually for an anti-racism march and rally. They talked...
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 white Americans traveled to Mississippi to counteract the intimidation of Black voters by accompanying them to polling...
The future of policing can be found in Camden, New Jersey, a small, largely impoverished city with 70,000 residents. Camden is a city with a reputation for a...
