The Left Case for Fertility Awareness The Left Case for Fertility Awareness
No pill, intrauterine device, or ultra-ribbed piece of rubber could provide the sexual liberation I experience practicing a method associated with anti-choice religious zealots.
Dec 26, 2019 / Megan Magray
Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest
Catholic activists argued that their faith, and international law, allowed them to stage a protest at a nuclear facility in Georgia. But last week they were convicted in a US distr...
Oct 31, 2019 / Sam Husseini
Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons
The members of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 face decades in prison for their nonviolent direct action at a naval base last year.
Oct 21, 2019 / Sam Husseini
The Catholic Church at a Crossroads The Catholic Church at a Crossroads
In their new books, Ross Douthat and James Chappel present two radically different versions of Catholicism’s past and future.
Oct 8, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller
It’s About Time for New York’s Child Victims Act It’s About Time for New York’s Child Victims Act
When it comes to extending the statute of limitations for survivors of abuse, late is better than never.
Aug 22, 2019 / Katha Pollitt
Militarization Has Become Our National Religion Militarization Has Become Our National Religion
As attitudes toward war grow dangerously worshipful in the US, quitting our endless wars becomes all the more difficult.
Aug 13, 2019 / William Astore
The Bare Ruined Choirs of Notre Dame The Bare Ruined Choirs of Notre Dame
This monument to medieval faith will surely be rebuilt—by the techno-mobilization of capitalist individualism.
Apr 22, 2019 / Richard Lingeman
The Vatican Sex-Abuse Summit Was Never Going to Undo the Harm The Vatican Sex-Abuse Summit Was Never Going to Undo the Harm
The left welcomed the pontiff because he was anti-authoritarian—but that’s exactly why the summit was a disappointment.
Feb 28, 2019 / Michael F. Pettinger
A Tale of Two Marches A Tale of Two Marches
The streets of Washington were full of priests, pussy hats, and everything in between.
Jan 23, 2019 / Katha Pollitt
The Passing of Dom Paulo, Cardinal Arns, a Liberation Theology Titan The Passing of Dom Paulo, Cardinal Arns, a Liberation Theology Titan
He stood up courageously against Brazil’s dictatorship and supported the “preferential option for the poor.”
Feb 1, 2017 / Lawrence Weschler