Politics & Society
Surviving Hillcrest
Letta Cartlidge created a group for missionary kids who’d attended her boarding school in Jos, Nigeria. The stories of abuse poured in.
Who gets to live on the land?
Historian Jo Guldi argues that land occupancy struggles aren’t just about fairness; they’re about humanity’s survival.
What sort of Christian story is viable in our time?
I’m hoping for one that’s lyrical, chastened, hallowed.
What MeToo hasn’t yet accomplished
Social media movements fade. Survivors of sexual assault and harassment need living communities.
Reading The Waste Land as it turns 100
T. S. Eliot’s epic poem is a masterpiece—but what do we do with its view of classical Western tradition?
Who owns the heavens?
With the space race outsourced to astropreneurs, the final frontier is for sale to the wealthy few.
What was good about Twitter
The eulogies began when Musk took over. What are we mourning?
After growth
Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen argue that we need to live with less stuff—and way less people.
A busload of migrants were told something was waiting for them in Chicago
It was our job to be that something.
A troubling new coalition in Israel
How will Netanyahu and his new allies govern? And what will become of the Israeli left?
Knitting with Simone Weil
The philosopher’s call to attention reminds me I’m making a difference.
The crowded elevator of opinions
We’ve become convinced that speaking is the most important thing we can do.
When Israeli settlers meet West Bank Palestinians
“How had I not heard these stories and met these people, living 30 years right next to them?” asks Hanan Schlesinger. “How could it be?”
What hope looks like to one Palestinian
Akram al-Waara sits in a refugee camp and makes art—out of tear gas canisters.
What Christian nationalism is and what to do about it
Pamela Cooper-White details best practices for difficult conversations that privilege listening, reflexivity, curiosity, and care.
