On both sides of the Atlantic, people are fighting back to stop huge, powerful corporations from having their way with the things we should all share, writes Michael Sean Winters.
Pope Leo XIV will be honored as a recipient of the Liberty Medal by the National Constitution Center on July 3. The last three popes have all made serious attempts to address the idea of America in its own terms.
In 1776, we declared ourselves free of allegiance to Great Britain. We did not leave behind the human race with its capacity for sin as well as greatness, generosity as well as moral blindness.
The workshop "Neighboring the Dear Neighbor," planned and sponsored by Sr. Christine Schenk's own Congregation of St. Joseph in Cleveland, brought together groups serving migrants to share how anyone can help.
"I wish everyone, including me, get better at putting others Christians' arguments in the best light, not the worst," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.
"The peeling paint in the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington is a metaphor for the Trump administration at this moment," writes Michael Sean Winters.
"What worries me most about the push to jettison just war theory is that it betrays a deeper inability to wrestle with the fact of evil in the world," writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
The next time someone asks what can be done about the corruption of Trumpism, tell them about the Campaign Legal Center and their work fighting the corruption of our electoral system, writes NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters.
