Voices

Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Dispatches
The need for new options only grows more evident.
FaithDispatches
July 31st is known around the world as Harry Potter's birthday.
Signs Of the Times
Los Angeles ‘grew up around the automobile.’ Ready access to transportation was assumed.
Dispatches
The archdiocese has a social media presence like pretty much nowhere in the world—including the Vatican.
Dispatches
The female-led remake makes several improvements over the 1980s original.
Dispatches
Do we really expect that Americans will tolerate indefinitely horrors like people of color being killed by police, mass incidents of gun violence and the growing chasm between rich and poor?
Dispatches
There is concern that the European Union is moving too fast in insisting that the United Kingdom begin the exit process immediately.
Dispatches
As an outsider I find myself terribly inspired by this attempt at a community of nations.
Dispatches
On Sunday 49 people were gunned down by a single armed individual. How can we tolerate that?
Dispatches
I’ve had it with “I’m praying for you.” It’s a beautiful and well-intentioned sentiment; it also allows us to wash our hands of these events.