Voices

Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
Dispatches
When you think of Los Angeles it rsquo s hard not to think of the movies It is the cornerstone industry of this city And yet in some significant ways Los Angeles today is not really a ldquo movie rdquo city Yes we all turn up for the latest blockbuster just like everyone else And more than
Dispatches
“Strolling” positions people of African descent not as victims or stakes.
Dispatches
Why must genre films like “Star Wars,” “The Matrix” or “Blade Runner” always be discounted?
Dispatches
'Bernie Sanders is honest. I 100 percent trust him. He’s transparent: I know where his money comes from.'
Dispatches
Trouble roils around Head of the Vatican Bank Cardinal George Pell.
Signs Of the Times
Twenty-five years after the videotaped beating of Rodney King on March 3, 1991, caused a national sensation, little is reported about similar specific acts of police brutality in Los Angeles, which may very well be a sign of the progress that has been made.And yet shootings by police in Los Angeles
Dispatches
What the church could learn from “Horace and Pete”
Dispatches
Shootings by police in Los Angeles County nearly doubled in the last year, from 23 to 45 cases, 19 of them fatal.
Dispatches
The thing is, this year it really is too early to start thinking about Lent.
Signs Of the Times
The Diocese of San Bernadino finds itself on the cutting edge.