Voices

Nathan Schneider, a contributing writer for America, is a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
DOGE is attempting to undermine a congressional check on presidential power. It is rewriting the Constitution.
FaithShort Take
Universities need to change. But Trump is attacking the wrong problems.
Politics & SocietyLast Take
While American society is especially good among wealthy countries at producing poverty, it is especially bad at making the lives of the poor tolerable.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
“If democracy is under threat from authoritarian urges, it is time to rediscover and reorganize our mutual obedience.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
As we head into this election season, consider how you can ground yourself in a politics bigger than the idolatry of parties or politicians.
Arts & CultureIdeas
After B-list careers in their primary professions, these men have found their callings in the earbuds of the young.
FaithFeatures
Catholics, that is to say, have not necessarily been praying the Our Father wrongly, but too often we have not been praying it fully, either. While we are busy trying to get it right, we neglect to make it our own and discover its vast permutations.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Now is an opportune time to do the right thing—to defund the police and invest in a diversified strategy for public safety and well-being.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
My neighbors lost homes because our political and economic institutions have failed to respond to a crisis they have long known was coming.