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Erika Rasmussen is a Colorado-born creative writer, editor and producer now living in New York City. Her work can be found at erikarasmussen.com. She is a former Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J., Postgraduate Media Fellow at America.
Arts & CultureFilm
Erika Rasmussen
A Confederate family kidnaps the film’s Black protagonist, Veronica Henley, a modern-day sociologist and New York Times bestselling author played by Janelle Monáe—and enslaves her in the “past.”
Demonstrators are seen near the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., to show their opposition to the death penalty July 13, 2020. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Erika Rasmussen
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy: “The death penalty serves as a sort of litmus test for how our nation is making progress to either dismantle or uphold racism.”
(CNS Illustration/Dado Ruvic, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Erika Rasmussen
Sister Mary Haddad on coronavirus vaccine: “It is our belief that all people regardless of immigration status—whether they be refugees or asylum seekers held in immigration centers—must be included in each priority population group.”
A student protest at Loyola University Chicago. Photo courtesy of Our Streets LUC (ourstreetsluc.org); Photo by Christian Yeomans.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Erika Rasmussen
While deaths at the hands of police make headlines, the problem of implicit bias in policing and security for most Black Americans is experienced as a daily psychic burden.
FaithDispatches
Erika Rasmussen
At the first-ever OSV Innovation Challenge’s virtual Demo Day, three Catholic enterprises walked away with $100,000. Here’s how they plan to support the mission of the church.