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  Photo of Leslie Jordan by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress, from discussion of his book How Y'All Doing?: MIsadventures and Mischief f...

Kimberlé Crenshaw, who coined the powerful term "intersectionality," talks to TIME Magazine about what she intends with th...

John Gehring, " Why Catholic bishops need a year of abstinence on preaching about sexuality ":

Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see how the Archdiocese deals with this: “Catholic priest in Indy charged with kidnapping, confineme...

No mention at all of the significant role played by gerrymandering and voter suppression to lock in GOP control, as a minority. 1) https:/...

In a nutshell, in case this was not clear when you read my posting yesterday about Pope Francis' recent remarks regarding "...

Last week, I finished reading Edward Baptist's book  The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism ...

Church. If yours was silent, indifferent, passive, defensive, vague concerning this week's pain - time to teach, grieve, or maybe, mov...

Charles Pierce , Politics Blog at Esquire The universe has physical laws: For every action, there's a reaction.

America, Put the gun on the ground and step away. Please. — Amanda Kerri (@eternalkerri) July 8, 2016

What follows is a series of excerpts from things I read/watched this morning, which all seem to me to have a common theme, one about taki...

Naomi Klein is incisive — and powerful — as she explains why the human community is unable to address climate crisis that is now thr...

Another powerful, thought-provoking statement I'm just seeing here this morning, from Rolando , in response to the Ferguson situ...

Sometimes the title says it all: "What Ryan's Budget Really Says: 'I Love Rich People.'" That's Dean Baker at...

Angus Sibley at National Catholic Reporter on the ways in which Paul Ryan's Randian ideas--"extreme individualism; absolute...

Speaking of the imprisoning effect of being on top (as I just did in my remarks about Hanna Rosin's end-of-men thesis as summariz...

I've made no secret  (and here ) of my admiration for Trinity College professor Thomas S. Harrington.  Harrington's a professor...

When even the crazies call Michelle Bachmann crazy , you know she's gone waaay 'round the bend.

Here's what acquiring wealth (and status) can do to you , according to a recent study by psychologist Paul Piff and others at the...

At Alternet, Naomi Cahn and June Carbone  (rightly) note that Rush Limbaugh's recent slimy, misogynistic attack on Georgetown law...