"The 'Great Black American Catholic Novel' may not exist because the institutional stability it would require has so often been deferred."
Aaron Robertson on Black Catholic writers and the parochial school:
https://t.co/7xt94eWuFi
How is religion in America changing? USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture is offering $5,000 stipends to 100 journalists & freelance writers, to try to find out. Applications due May 4th:
@RNS@interfaithusa@publicroad@shadihamid@faithandmedia
https://t.co/tkMJT2uzXB
"[Trump's] authoritarian rhetoric and anti-democratic policies are rallying a base increasingly eager for the kind of physical intimidation and political retribution he and his party promise." https://t.co/xkepyQT9aI
Actual data--rather than scaremongering--about how costly the deportation program is. (Also increased revenues from tariffs haven't offset the costs of the tax cuts for the wealthy.)
Trump has made clear his intention to turn the United States into a reflection of himself: not a leader of the free world or a dependable ally, but a rogue nation with the methods and morals of a mob boss
https://t.co/uB2d7DWmLf
"The city’s future my children will inherit will be determined by the number of new apartment buildings they watch go up."
@MilesDoyle on New York's turbulent housing history:
https://t.co/8F76Z3CUzP
"Trump seems not to understand that free speech and a free press are logically inseparable."
The Editors on MAGA's attempt to smother the press:
https://t.co/ui6heiFB7A
Hours before 60 Minutes was set to air a story on deportees who were sent by the Trump administration to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions,” 60 Minutes announced that it has pulled the segment and will air it in the future.
Hours before 60 Minutes was set to air a story on deportees who were sent by the Trump administration to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions,” 60 Minutes announced that it has pulled the segment and will air it in the future.