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Students at St. Joseph Academy in Brownsville, Texas, check their smartphones during lunch May 3. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
The study reported 78 percent of parents believe they are good media and technology role models for their children.
Politics & SocietyCurrent Comment
The Editors
Like any technology, it depends on how we use it.
Politics & SocietyCurrent Comment
The Editors
One of the signs of a functioning democracy is confidence in data from the government.
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Eric Sundrup, S.J.
Claiming to be a tech company should not provide blanket absolution from responsibility.
Politics & SocietyCurrent Comment
The Editors
It is surprising to see Mark Zuckerberg employ a moral defense of free speech.
FaithIn All Things
Wyatt Massey

My mind echoes a chant: Don’t look at your phone. Whatever you do, don’t look at your phone.

I am sitting on a bench in New York’s Upper East Side. Parents push strollers along the narrow sidewalk, their hands busy scrolling through the feed of a smartphone. A woman jogs through the falling multi-colored leaves. The cord of her headphones strings down to an armband. A boy rolls past on a scooter, his father in tow, head buried in a smartphone app.