Last September's primary elections finally put an African American in Selma, Alabama's city hall—a first for the city.
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Rose Marie Berger, Susannah Hunter 1-01-2001
Paulist priest and movie producer Ellwood "Bud" Kieser, known as the Father of Hollywood, died September 16. He was 71.
Rose Marie Berger, Susannah Hunter 1-01-2001
"Whatever the turmoil, whatever the divisions among humankind, whatever the violence, the followers of Jesus can refuse to be moved from his transcendent message of peace.
Rose Marie Berger, Susannah Hunter 1-01-2001
"To serve the 250 grams of beluga caviar it sells for $139, [Neiman Marcus] offers a $1,500...silver-plated bowl ‘supported,' according to the catalog, ‘by a base of graceful sturgeons.'"
Rose Marie Berger, Susannah Hunter 1-01-2001
Making caskets is fine. But who's going to clean up this mess? Inside their light, fragrant workshop, a handful of monks are hard at work. They're planing. They're ripping.
Michaela Bruzzese 1-01-2001
We commit to proclaiming and living the good news, even when doing so seems absurd.
Jeffrey R. Davis 11-01-2000
I WOULD LIKE to respond to some of Ann McClenahan's concerns regarding the "simple living movement" ("Lives of Compassion and Meaning," July-August 2000).
Stephen J. Carr 11-01-2000
I HAVE BEEN a reader of your magazine for many years. I was therefore disturbed by Jim Rice's Commentary on the threat to U.S. workers...
The Editors 11-01-2000
The caption on page 28 of our September-October 2000 issue failed to identify Sister Bernadette Kenny, MMM, who has worked with St.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-01-2000
Despite presidential apologies and lip service to human rights, the Clinton administration continues to offer aid to the Guatemalan and Colombian militaries...
Pam Meyer 11-01-2000
I AM AN EVANGELICAL who was raised in one of the "united" denominations. I made a real, conscious decision in my late teens to make that change.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-01-2000
In August, the Chilean Supreme Court stripped Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for the kidnapping, torture, and murder of thousands of people during his 17-year rule.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-01-2000
As movements against the harmful effects of globalization are gaining strength in the United States, activists are increasingly outraged at some police behavior employed to control them.
Linda Blue 11-01-2000
DANNY DUNCAN COLLUM'S article, "To the River Together" (July-August 2000) about his Springsteen concert experience with his young son was marvelous!
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-01-2000
On September 9, five Catholic nuns were arrested after entering Peterson Air Force Base, headquarters of the U.S. Space Command...
Doug Wingeier 11-01-2000
THANKS VERY MUCH for your thoughtful, comprehensive treatment of the AIDS epidemic in Africa in your July-August 2000 issue.
Mike Mitchell 11-01-2000
ROSE MARIE BERGER'S Commentary "Conduct Unbecoming" (September-October 2000) was a provocative and thoughtful piece.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-01-2000
The movement against land mines has achieved moderate success since the mine ban treaty became international law in March 1999.
Rod Jellema 11-01-2000
Poetry is like prayer in that it is most effective in
solitude and in the times of
solitude as, for
example, in the earliest morning. —Wallace Stevens