“Sin bravely so that you may know the forgiveness of God.”

Reading for even just 20 minutes helps quiet my mind.

Sometimes I have been tempted to respond, as the late New York Times columnist David Carr once quipped, “I write emails.”

“Spotlight,” in theaters nationwide, is a sensitive exploration of the ravages of sexual abuse upon an entire community.

“Show Me a Hero” gets into the weeds of late 1980s housing policy.

Mass at an immigrant detention facility in Florence, Ariz.

“Show Me a Hero” reminds us that sometimes government can help push us forward, even if the motives our leaders are not always so noble.

David Simon and his team revel in the weeds of late 1980s housing policy.

At the heart of the class combat in "Show Me a Hero" is fear, a fear that is made worse by the fact the black, brown and white residents of Yonkers know very little about one another.

A detailed and highly critical analysis of the U.S. immigration detention system by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Center for Migration Studies is calling for a radical restructuring of the way the government handles undocumented immigrants.Released on May 11, the 44-page report tra