Appreciation: Mayor Moon Landrieu's commitment to racial equity sparked scorn among some whites in 1970s New Orleans, yet when he died this Labor Day at age 92, surrounded by family, praise poured out from many corners.
Young Voices: We're in the throes of an election that could sink or float the faith of a generation of progressives. As much as I am nervous to admit it, I think what the Democratic Party needs is the idealism of Ulysses.
It's Happening: My appreciation for Iowa and its citizens goes far deeper than the quadrennial hoopla, of a kind that centers on bracing friendships with some of its standout heroes.
Distinctly Catholic: Michael Bloomberg's very approach to the election embodies so much of what Sanders' and Warren's supporters find objectionable about the role of money in politics.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Boston College students protest Koch money; "Latinx" loses poll; Catholic cafeteria at National Review; 2020 election battlegrounds.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Unequal Medicaid in Puerto Rico; polarization in the church and at niche Catholic colleges; is the resurrection a metaphor?
Commentary: If Catholic leaders are willing to hit the streets, carry banners and lobby lawmakers for the unborn, they should also be pouring out of churches to resist the assault on black and brown bodies.
The United States has an obligation to receive Latin American immigrants because they are fleeing violence and poverty that is the direct result of decades of U.S. interventionist policies in their homeland.
When white supremacist groups announced plans to hold a demonstration in Washington, D.C., to mark the one-year anniversary of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., many feared a repeat of the violence in 2017.
