Some of Ms. Smith’s posts get upward of 500,000 likes, including many people sharing about friends or family whom they have lost.

The combination of religious faith and prophetic political action that marked César Chávez’s hunger strikes would become typical of many other moments in his long career as a labor organizer turned American icon.

“Schmigadoon!” is not about recreating the forms of old musicals, it’s about what happens when we give ourselves over to musical theater.

For me, the plot events ahead are secondary to the show’s real strength, the paths that the characters themselves will take.

A discussion about the documentary “Join or Die,” “a film about why you should join a club — and why the fate of America depends on it.“

John Moffitt, the longtime poetry editor of 'America,' met Thomas Merton the week Merton died, and wrote of the account for 'America.'