Auto enthusiasts have designated 2022 the year of the electric car as a rapid conversion from gasoline-combustion engines to battery-powered sedans, SUVs, and...
Peace & Justice
At first, Molly Burhans thought she’d be a ballet dancer. It had been her dream through middle school, her focus in high school, and her major in college—until...
The new year offers the church and the world a new opportunity to explore a nuanced version of its preferential option for the poor, one that emphasizes a more...
Was it an antidemocratic insurrection, a middle-class white riot, or just a uniquely rowdy tour group? That’s apparently a serious question to many in...
Katie is a 25-year-old single mom of two young children: a preschooler and burgeoning toddler. Living in a small town in rural Pennsylvania, Katie works in...
Not long ago, a well-meaning Catholic leader deeply embedded in social justice initiatives told me that young people would be less hopeless about the climate...
After a winding career path that includes working both as an accountant and a physical therapist along with raising five children, criminal justice reform...
A core value my parents taught my five siblings and me was to be of service to others when we could. Although we never had much, Mom and Dad taught us to be...
I shifted nervously in my seat as the interviewer scanned my résumé. A newly minted graduate, I began to make my case as to why I’d be the best pick for the...
Sitting in a jail cell in the mid-1980s, I hit rock bottom. In those years I steered away from previous thoughts of becoming a lawyer or professor. Instead, I...
