Robert Christian

Robert Christian argues that a countercultural witness, based on Catholic social teaching, could address all the doom we've been scrolling on social media. 

Commentary: At a time of widespread dysfunction, death and despair, we do not have the sense that we are all in this together. And this is what is needed to rebuild our democracy and challenge a throwaway culture.

Commentary: A pernicious competing vision has challenged civic nationalism throughout U.S. history. It is an ethnic nationalism that is dedicated to the preservation and strengthening of white supremacy.

Commentary: Polarization did not end with Biden's election. The structural factors driving it remain in place. But people committed to the common good can take concrete steps to help us move forward together.