NCR Connections

Executive editor Heidi Schlumpf aims to help readers understand how recent news stories fit together. NCR Connections will provide guideposts and markers to help lead readers through key issues and stories.

Paying the price for anti-racism work

by Heidi Schlumpf

Jul 1, 2020

NCR Connections: EWTN's radio show "Morning Glory" has been temporarily suspended by one of its largest U.S. affiliate stations, following social media backlash against host Gloria Purvis.

The debate about debate

by Heidi Schlumpf

Jun 18, 2020

NCR Connections: What qualifies as the subject of legitimate debate in publications?

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest in Washington June 1. (CNS/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

White people, let's do our homework

by Heidi Schlumpf

Jun 3, 2020

NCR Connections: As news of racist tragedies unfolded, I sought out my own "white people's homework," those books, videos and more meant to educate white Americans about racism, white privilege and white supremacy.

Editorial independence in Catholic media is critical

by Heidi Schlumpf

May 21, 2020

NCR Connections: U.S. Catholic magazine recently removed two essays critical of Cardinal Timothy Dolan and his fawning attention to President Trump. That editorial decision has wider implications.

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Paying the price for anti-racism work

The debate about debate

White people, let's do our homework

Editorial independence in Catholic media is critical

When church leaders sound like presidential apologists

A good place, a strange moment

Coping with the pandemic's effect at NCR

Join us for a virtual Triduum observance

Still, we find ways to connect

Leadership Roundtable brings a dose of reality to the church

Points of hope against disturbances in the neighborhood

A way out of the US bishops' tight ideological and partisan corner

Trump seals his Catholic deal

Use of wide-open location data, closed-door meetings hurt Catholics

Vulnerability as strength: Keenan's key to dismantling clericalism

NCR wishes you a light-filled Christmas

Thomas Doyle traces the disintegration of clerical/hierarchical culture

The Amazon synod shows the way forward for the US church

Presenting NCR's EarthBeat

On capitalism, women, the Amazon — a world of Catholic conversations

Francis takes John Paul II's 'Be not afraid!' to new levels

Cokie Roberts: trailblazing journalist, Catholic citizen, 'the real deal'

It's not about ethics, it's about how we imagine God

Cardinal-elect was a Francis bishop before Francis

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