Voices

Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
One option for promoting just business practices is divestment, but investing to gain a seat at the corporate table is also an important advocacy strategy.
Arts & CultureCulture
Last month, Disney announced that it would remove the "wench auction" from its popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Some fans were not happy.
Arts & CultureTelevision
‘Kimmy’ takes on everything about life that is hard and makes it all so much bigger and more absurd.
FaithDispatches
I’ve only been a priest for 13 years. How could I possibly be at the point that I am just recycling ideas?
FaithDispatches
The consolidation is a work in progress. The brethren have mixed feelings about it, and their provincials know it.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
In parts of the U.S. church 'Laudato Si'' has sparked creativity and innovation with impacts not so easily set aside. One such experiment is the Diocese of Monterey’s advocacy of Community Choice Energy.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
George “Jerry” Martinson, S.J., was one of the most significant Jesuits to work in China since World War II and almost certainly the most well known.
FaithDispatches
Given the number of those in the California legal system today who are Latino, “you can guess a large percentage of them are Catholic.”
Arts & CultureTelevision
Our lives, “Twin Peaks” suggested, are far weirder than we generally care to consider, more ridiculous and more frightening
Politics & SocietyDispatches
“So far we do not know of anybody on Oahu that has been visited by ICE or picked up.”