There is nothing simple about identity politics, even though it belongs to the basic creed of our nation: E pluribus unum out of many,...

In his book on the civil sphere, the sociologist Jeffery Alexander makes a distinction between State and Civil power.  Many of us are...

Both the sacred and the solemn elicit reverence, a reverence for something other than our selves.  Both invite us to be reverent, but...

Some may imagine the civic as a space for doing good, which is fine if it doesn’t deny social estrangements. Once we include social...

Reading the books, Settler Memory by Kevin Bruyneel and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, has led me to reflect again on the...

It’s true that my book, A Climate of Justice, was written by a white man. Is that significant? Some white men, of course, might not see...

It seems much more complicated to get out of the mess we are in than it was to get in it. You can change the game of basketball a bit,...

The epidemic continues to challenge our thinking and feelings about our understanding of ourselves. Sickness and death, of course, are...

The most controversial aspect of the Congressional stimulus package evolves around its “help” to corporations. As I understand it, the...