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Commentary on Dorothy Day’s article, “Suicide or Sacrifice”

March 1, 2024

General, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Revival, Theology

Dorothy Day's article, "Suicide or Sacrifice", was previously published by The Catholic Worker on November 1, 1965 and is reprinted with permission. On November 9, 1965 Roger LaPorte, a young man who had...

Where Is Jesus in the Pandemic Protests?

Mal Green

December 3, 2021

Global, Immigration & Refugees, Politics

One person’s expression of unlimited liberty is another person’s experience of unwelcome restriction.

The New American Revival: Christian Nationalism’s ‘Delta Variant’

Shane Claiborne

August 31, 2021

Christian Nationalism, Global, Politics, Theology

Many will say it’s all about freedom, but it’s really about power.

Ten Ways to Resist a Dictatorship

RLC Editor

June 18, 2021

General, Global, Politics, Practical Justice

This is our inheritance and our legacy. No matter what, our motherland will never lack in courage. Thank you for bearing witness to our resistance.

Easter, Extinction, and Nonviolent Direct Action

Jarrod McKenna

April 4, 2021

Global, Immigration & Refugees, Practical Justice

If Christmas is the season to be jolly, maybe—if the Gospels are anything to go by—Easter is the season for Christians to go to jail.

The Use of Violence to Advance Political Goals

Craig M. Watts

March 16, 2021

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics

Distressingly, the language of spiritual warfare has transitioned into the sort of religious rhetoric that lends support to literal civil war, or at least religiously sanctioned violence.

Capitol Storm: What Should Come as No Surprise

Meagan Ruby Wagner

January 8, 2021

General, Politics, Race

Let us tell our children the truth about what happened this week at the Capitol: white supremacists and domestic terrorists, deceived and deluded and power hungry, attempted to violently overthrow the government. They faced very little opposition.

Being the Other Voice

Chris Brown

October 15, 2020

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

Whatever motivated the shouts and signals from so many vehicles, it became clear to me in that moment that even if I knew nothing else about Jesus, I would rather be with the people of peace gathered on that corner than with the angry masses calling for death.

On Turning the Other Cheek (And How It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means)

Corey Farr

September 18, 2020

Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Theology

In the Bava Kamma Mishnah (the traditional Jewish interpretation of the law), a slap incurred a fine of 200 silver coins - but a backhanded slap required a payment of 400, the same amount as for spitting on someone. It was more than violence. It was degrading