Archives: 2016
Editor’s Note
Orlando Shooting: An Attack at the Center of America’s Fault Lines
First, the sorrow. Then, the fury. Next, what? Countless Americans, across our political divides, experience stages one and two after a massacre such as … By Marie Griffith
Report
The Dangerous Faith of a Notorious Drug Lord
Nothing and no one will make me change: not even the lies or the rumors that are said against me. I have decided to … By Alfredo Garcia
Interview
When Being Pro-Life Did Not Mean Being Conservative
For those who have come of age in the so-called millennial generation, the alliance between conservative Republicanism and “pro-life” activism is accepted without question. Indeed, … By Eric C. Miller
Essay
At BYU, a New Confrontation in the Campus Sexual Assault Debates
The process for adjudicating sexual assault cases on college campuses has sparked widespread debate across the country. A new dimension of those conversations, involving a … By Kristine Haglund
Essay
Remembering Daniel Berrigan (1921-2016): Priest, Poet, and Pacifist
Daniel Berrigan, the radical priest who helped to redefine what it means to be a Roman Catholic in post-Vatican II America, died on April 30 … By Shawn F. Peters
Essay
North Carolina’s HB2 and the Shifting Battle over LGBT Rights
In March, in a special session that cost taxpayers $42,000, the North Carolina legislature met and passed, after just nine hours of deliberations that included … By Kent L. Brintnall
Essay
The EU-Turkey Agreement on Refugees: Echo of a Tragic Past
The European Union started deporting hundreds of refugees in early April. As of March 20, the EU will return to Turkey all new refugees who … By Greg Goalwin
Essay
A Hospital Tradition Remembers the Youngest Patients
“How many children do you have?” I asked a colleague as we started to get to know each other a few months ago. “One,” she … By Wendy Cadge
Essay
The Paradoxes of Ted Cruz
By almost any reckoning, Ted Cruz’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination presents voters with a paradox—several paradoxes, actually. The senator from Texas styles himself … By Randall Balmer