Clare Coffey

Young Voices: There is no particularly good way to wrap up a story of getting hit by a car, because there's no particular moral to getting hit by a car.

Young Voices: As the chasm between the haves and the have-nots widens, the best way to ensure a safe foothold is to be the kind of person currently required by our economy. But what would humanity lose?

Young Voices: The weather has shifted. October's flaming golds and blues have given way to sullen purples and greys. The air is riddled with unexpected gusts. Dead leaves feel brittle on the pavement or have begun to rot into the earth.

Young Voices: It is very possible that anxiety distorts perception of the world. It is also possible that the world is simply that bad, and the anxious are simply attuned to the facts.

Young Voices: Prisoners around the U.S. are on strike. They have a list of 10 demands, including abolition of the labor practices that amount to what some call modern-day slavery.

Young Voices: The folk hero treatment of the co-founder of the Catholic Worker reduces her as surely as does the plaster statue approach, but her granddaughter's book about her uses the needle of family memory to puncture that narrative.

Young Voices: Fashion and Catholicism blended well at the 2018 Met Gala. In the wake of both #MeToo and the neverending clerical abuse scandal, it's hard not to see certain similarities between the two parties.

Young Voices: The film "Lady Bird" may not have won any Oscars, but it won the hearts of so many who watched it; it captures Catholic high school perfectly and reminds me of the sisters who taught me when I was that age.

Young Voices: As bleak midwinter sets in, let's hunker down with our lights and candles, our rum cake and evergreens, from Christmas Eve all the way through February.

Young Voices: Americans are not especially comfortable with death. But let the departed have this somber, chilly month. Say a prayer for them and visit their resting places.

Young Voices: In the early days of fall, most tributes to the season are so merrily cozy as to border on the saccharine, but every once in a while, we remember that however snug our lives, they are short.

Young Voices: Dignified participation in and labor for a stable community should be the shared basis of social life, rather than the aspirational perks of a high-powered career. This lack has led to growing substance abuse.