Maurice Isserman the William R Kenan Jr Professor of History at Hamilton College in Clinton N Y has a well-earned reputation as a leading historian of the American political left His specialty has led him to explore the life of the socialist activist Michael Harrington (1928-89).

From the archives: Highlights from a 1998 U.S. bishops’ document on “an essential part of the Catholic faith.”

How would a health intervention inspired by liberation theology be different from those with more conventional underpinnings?

Even the guilty have a right to life, but that is not the only reason to stand against capital punishment.