It was pouring down rain on Friday, June 7--graduation day for the class of 2013 at Landmark School in Beverly, MA. This was no ordinary graduation, and the rain did not put a damper on the joy that ...

Everyone pretended they weren’t looking, but every eye in the room was on her. The swimmer was paraplegic and had pulled her wheelchair up to the edge of the pool so she could get in the water. I was ...

Allow me to share something my dad experienced as a young man which hopefully will provoke some thoughtful dialogue on the subject of homelessness. First some background. My dad was born in 1908 and ...

Dignitas Infinita, the new declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), affirms that “every human person possesses an infinite dignity” and enumerates assaults on that dignity, ...

Sanger, Texas — It was an innovation born out of desperation during the coronavirus pandemic: A food bank run like a grocery store inside of a school. The organizers said it's a way to give students ...

When I’m in Italy, I tend to focus on all things Italian. I consume ridiculous quantities of pasta. I only drink Italian wines, although I did slip in a Bailey’s on the flight to Milan. I listen to ...

Waging Nonviolence’s Marta Molina provides a full report on the Dec. 21 Zapatista action, what she describes as a lesson in organization and discipline. Big recommend you read the entire post at ...